I never smoked a lot of marijuana when I was younger. I grew up believing that marijuana was bad. Everyone in my family talked about it like it was a drug and people that smoked marijuana were stoners. You didn’t want to associate with those kinds of people. When people had the drug at parties, I definitely didn’t smoke any of the hits of marijuana. Now I don’t like to spend a single day without weed. Weed is my favorite way to relax and unwind. I frequently relax and unwind, because my job is super stressful. I used to deal with that stress in bad ways, but I have found a way to channel all of that energy into something positive. Marijuana helps a great deal. I wouldn’t have considered using medical marijuana, but my doctor assured me that it was safe and necessary. The first time I ever smoked a marijuana joint, I felt a little paranoid. I thought the doctor lied to me about the effects. Then I fell asleep for 8 hours and I slept better than I had in years. The more frequently I used marijuana, the less I felt the high feeling. The effects from marijuana made me feel more mellow and even instead of high and paranoid. I guess it must be like that with other drugs as well. Marijuana has absolutely changed my life and I can’t imagine spending a single day without being able to toke up. Even when I go on vacation, I consider marijuana before I make my decision. There is absolutely no way I’m going to go anywhere for 5 days or more unless I have plenty of medical marijuana supplies.