Quote:I know it affected my progress in high school, but there were so many things going on in my personal life during those years it's hard to determine actual cause and effect. I drank too much during that period of my life as well. As with alcohol, use of marijuana is a decision for adults.

There is not one single doubt in my mind that my station in life would be better had I never smoked it. It robs motivation and stunts social, intellectual, and emotional growth in young forming brains. Like you, I had lots of problems to deal with in those years. At the time I thought of it as an escape. I realized later that it was the thing which impeded me.

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