I smoked it for a while in high school and college.. even now I'll take a couple of hits at a party or something, but it is for use in moderation. As Spank said, it's not addictive unless you're a weak-minded fool, and most "potheads" are just that.. What really pisses me off though is the petty, childish subculture it's created.. I see High Times magazine and that kind of crap and shake my head.
If you don't go overboard with it (smoking it every day) I do not think it really does all that much harm to you. All smoking of course does some harm to your lungs and such, but it is far less than some of these self-riteous people waging the "war against drugs" would think. When I was in high school there was all this D.A.R.E stuff that said "Smoking a cigarette will take a day off your life.. smoking a joint will take off a month".. And I think way too many people were pushed into thinking this way, and they refuse to believe that it is not true when they are told.
The government should really just straighten up, make it legal, and tax it like cigarettes. Poof, plenty of money for all. ..But then again, the pharmacutical companies would have a hissy over that one. Stack prozac up against cannabis and who do you think would win?
