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I tried it cuz I was influenced by my friends.
Uh, cuz I heard it made you feel really good
and not worry about anything, and just all my friends
started doing it, so I started do it.
Or when you're just bored.
That's the only reason I really did any... cuz I was bored that I had nothing else to do.
It was a new school I went to so I thought that would be one
way to fit in with the other kids.
I ended up trying it with him and I thought, why not try it with my brother
then with some random people, or my friends.
Some kids just do it to rebel.
It had this like dizzying kind of effect.
I felt really like, um, kinda not myself and all my other
friends they were acting really weird.
It was kind of like I didn't even know who I was at the moment.
I was a completely different person.
As much as it may seem like, you know, smoking will help it, help you to cope,
it doesn't really, because it really puts you behind
and doesn't get you with the right crowd.
It was the worst mistake of my life.
I've never lost so much stuff in my life before.
I use to do outrageous things. I'd sell toys.
I would steal from my friends.
I would do anything just to get money so I could pay for it.
After a couple times of use, I uh, I felt like I was, uh,
didn't wanna, ya know, play sports as much.
I felt tired. Uh de-motivated, like kinda jist...
I noticed like I jist lay around and push off my school work.
You think about the money you waste on it and it's like yeah I spent twenty bucks this day
or ten bucks that day and what could you have bought with that?
Went to a basketball game, my friend, he smokes weed.
And please... He's the best player on the team, and one day he was smoking fore the game,
I know cuz I called him.
I said you ready for your game, he said, "you know me, I'm just doing the same ole".
And I already knew what that was, which was smoking marijuana and...
Went to the game. Just passed out on the court.
Went to him and talked to him in the hospital about it.
On one hand they're saying that marijuana is illegal and it shouldn't be allowed.
But then on the other hand, they're saying that it is
permittable for, for medical issues.
People might think that it's more allowable and it's not as big a deal
but it really is, because
it's... the reason why it has the title "medical marijuana" is because it's supposed to
help people when they need it, but not to have a good time.
Actually my friend, he thinks that he's a better rapper when he's high.
He says that he writes his rap better and that he actually can not rap if he's not high.
And I just thought that was so crazy.
Like how does drugs make you better?
If anything it's going to hurt you.
When people get paranoid sometimes, um, they can,
it can lead up to doing something bad.
Like doing something they wouldn't do if they weren't,
if they weren't... smoking.
It makes ya, it makes you tired and hungry.
When I am at that point where I am laying on my bed and I have
the spins or something like that, I'm... "Why did I smoke tonight? Why did I smoke?"
Cuz I just don't like the feeling.
I had a friend who uh used marijuana, and uh, he got in a car crash and died this... this last year.
What finally changed is seeing my best friend go to jail because of it.
It scared me, so I just decided not to and I got out of that crowd.
Like, I don't think anybody should even try it
cuz you'll just, you'll easily get addicted.
Now that I haven't smoked or done that in a while,
I feel a lot more secure with myself.
I feel like I'm not hiding anything from anyone.
I don't have that pressure on me anymore.
I don't feel like I'm just trying to fit in.
It's just a completely different experience and one that I'm enjoying a lot better.