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A family member of mine basically smoked away her future, in a sense, throughout middle and high school. She wasn't always the brightest candle in the box, but
by i-am-charmander 8y ago
A family member of mine basically smoked away her future, in a sense, throughout middle and high school. She wasn't always the brightest candle in the box, but the heavy marijuana use certainly didn't help. She has the cognition and mental maturity of a 14-year old, now at 30 years.
Seeing how it affected her prompted me to "take a hint" and I've avoided the stuff since. That's not to say I avoid alcohol at all, however, but my family seems to handle the latter much better.
Edit: this is complete anec-data - I don't have any hard-and-fast evidence of long-term impairments like I describe above. Just what I've seen.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoYour anec-data is pretty common. Most people went to high-school with a couple people who have basically the same story you describe. One of the people in my class "smoked himself stupid" over the course of sophomore and junior year. He tried to clean up his act and he cut back a lot toward the end of junior year and did manage to graduate but he was certainly not the same person. Maybe those changes would have happened regardless of the pot (he smoked at least daily), maybe not. I have no idea where he is now.
- sigi45 8y agoFunny right? My story is different: Lots of friends in my area (it) do smoke, have good jobs, well paid.