It started in my sophomore year of high school. I was
introduced to marijuana because I situated myself with groups of friends who
had already tried the drug and had positive reviews of it. This automatically
made me think that only positive outcomes could come out of smoking and it made
me more interested in trying the drug. Another main contributor that eventually
caused me to start smoking marijuana was my openness to try new things that
could make me feel different. When I had tried alcohol in the previous year,
the effects of drinking temporarily changed my personality from a shy introvert
to a talkative outgoing speaker. These effects made me wonder about what
different personality traits would emit from smoking – and therefore furthered
my interest.
After the first few times of smoking marijuana, I began to
feel the potency and the effects that this drug had on my body. It did make me
feel different in a way from being completely sober. I liked the feeling of being
high, as it temporarily opened my mind to more critical thinking of the world
around me that I would not have otherwise known. Boring, mundane activities
became more interesting and enjoyable to me. it seemed as though it was more
desirable to live a stoned life than to live a completely sober one.
After a year or two of constant ingestion of marijuana, I
began to build up a tolerance to the potency and the effects of this drug. It
would take me smoking greater amounts of marijuana to achieve the same highs
that I experienced when I first started. I got to the point in my life where I
began to situate myself with groups of friends who were trying harder drugs
and, again, giving me positive reviews. I began to wonder what effect that these
harder drugs would have on my body. My way of open-mindedness to try new things
and the interest to experiment with my body turned me to try harder drugs.
Drugs can feel like life savers. It seems that this is what has happened with you. I am glad you feel like a happier person, but the long term effects may not have come into play, so have you thought about or looked into those? That could maybe be how your blog ends, as your blog was a bit of a cliff hanger! But well said blog. Personal, thus persuasive.
ReplyDeleteThe blog post does not deliver on the promise of the title. If your intent is to post a testimonial on the evils of marijuana, you're going to have to divulge your personal story of actually using harder drugs.
ReplyDeleteMerely saying you tried harder drugs, without also describing the negative impact that choice made on your life, undercuts your argument.
I agree with Carl, I expected your blog to be more-so focused on how marijuana was a gateway drug for you. Your blog left on a cliffhanger. Do you think it was your "way of open-mindedness to try new things" lead you to try harder drugs, or do you believe it was the marijuana feeling? I think it would be interesting to hear the perspective of someone who is a strong believer that marijuana is not a gateway drug, because I am neutral! Other than that, interesting blog!
ReplyDeleteAs stated above by Carl, and Josie, I also agree that you didn't exactly dive into what seems to be promised in the title provided.
ReplyDeleteI understand your aspect of enjoying the high of marijuana and wanting to try new things, but do you think it's because of marijuana that you tried new drugs? It seems to me in this post that you felt more comfortable to try new thing's out of curiosity and positive feedback from friends.