Comment Re:FFS - Can't stereotype potheads. (Score 1) 398
In our school, we had very easy access to pot.
The biggest users, the top echelon of the students.
Football players, valedictorian, the upper 10 percentile of the school.
I must say, that it really is more a matter of the person using it and their mental discipline, rather than the substance.
Three of my friends went downhill fast, becoming complete stoners and basement dwellers using it as an escape.
Many more, including myslef, all graduted at or near the top of our respective classes.
caveat: Canadian Education. We actually learned about drugs and alcohol in our school district, and how to experiment with them.
More importantly, how to understand and/or deal with the effects you'll be experiencing (mindfullness, grounding self into reality, having music around to keep time flowing well, how to clear your mind and focus on this reality (for psychedelics), how to escape mental traps/holes)
I assume it was a much different an experience than places where kids are basically throwing a dart and then crawling around in the dark from there.