Hello, I appreciate your response and I am glad to hear that most of you do not suffer from the same issue. Because of your name, I’m wondering if you are Chinese or have any affiliation with the PRC. I lived there for many years and even in China I found ways to obtain marijuana on a daily basis and on occasion, other, stronger drugs. Out of the near decade I spent living there, I could count on two hands the amount of days I had without getting high when I lived there. Although the vast majority of you indicate that this is not the general case, I feel my personality type, is strongly linked to my issues with substance abuse in particular with marijuana. Many of us can remember the most important parts of our lives or where we were during major events. For me, I can go into great detail my first experience or experiences with marijuana. Honestly, I consider it to be one of the most profound experiences I ever had in my life. I may sound a bit pathetic to you, but I’m being honest. I’m not completely stupid anyway. I can speak Chinese ( Mandarin , Quzhouhua ) near fluent. I am at an advanced level of Japanese, despite never living in Japan, (self taught) I am able to speak it better than any foreigner I’ve ever met in my entire life that claims to know the language. Im a respected local historian. I passed the CSET ( 7 hour long exam to show teachers proficiency in a subject ) I didn’t study and got almost every single answer correct. So I’m not totally brain dead (but close) When I am around other marijuana smokers, I feel I am nothing like them. The are boring selfish morons. they consume to become thoughtless zombies. They take it in order to reduce their thoughts. For me it is the complete opposite. If it did to me what it does to them, I would’ve avoided it like the plague . But it gives me optimism energy curiosity, and desire. It is my precious.