I have a big problem with Marijuana. I loathe it with a passion. As much as I hate smoking, I see marijuana as even worse in every possible way. Over the years, I have heard pot heads try and defend it saying that it's not as harmful as people say, and that I have no room being opposed to it because I occasionally drink. Now I am a biology major, and I understand how the body works better than most of these people. Your body is designed to be able to consume small amounts of alcohol with no permanent consequences. However, you're body is NOT designed to inhale toxic chemicals in smoke in ANY amount. Drinking one beer does not damage your liver. Smoking one ciggarette DOES damage your lungs. Marijuana burns hotter than tobacco, thus increasing physical burn damage to the lungs. The only way that marijuana is not as bad as tobacco is the addictiveness of it. Nicotine is more addictive than weed. Marijuana is more destructive on the body in every other way.
Now, aside from the science lesson, which isn't my main point, a "friend" of mine, Tregan, has recently started smoking weed. Well, not exactly started. He'd done it before, but re-started, I guess, and has been doing it nightly for the past two weeks. This boy constantly complains about being broke, yet always has enough money to get high. He says that smoking weed makes him sing worse, yet even though he's in the musical, and we are in performance season in chorale, he is still smoking weed nightly. The idiocy astounds me. He waltzes into my room, and thinks that it's all a big joke that he's literally buring his brian cells away. I used to like the kid. I used to enjoy hanging out with him. Now, I just pity him. No, I don't pity him anymore. I'm disgusted by him. I can't stand to be around him.
And then I find out that a few days ago, he was getting other people to join him in smoking weed: Greg and Scott . . . Now, Greg is in chorale and the musical as well. Respect for him: gone. Scott knows how much him smoking weed bothers me. Apperantly I wasn't supposed to find out, but Tregan, high as usual, waltzed into my room, and bragged to Joe about it . . . And then he's gotten Joe to smoke weed with him too. Respect for Joe went down a lot too. And finally, I find out that he's taken Emelia out smoking with him. Don't care for Emilia nearly as much as I did, now.
What is with all these people smoking marijuana!? I don't get it!? How can they be so stupid!?
Well, just last night, Tregan finally got busted. I mean, it was a matter of time with how often he was doing it. He got busted by cops, and has to pay a $250 fine for possession. He had the audacity to complain about it, and then wonder where he was going to come up with the money. Gee . . . maybe if you HADN'T BEEN BLOWING YOUR MONEY ON WEED IN THE FIRST PLACE, FUCKTARD!!!!!! Goddamn! Yeah, lets be mad at police for charging you for being in possession of ILLEGAL substances. IDIOT!!!! My freaking god! He got what he fucking deserved. No, he deserved worse than that for dragging all these other people with him. So yeah, I have NO sympathy for him what-so-ever.
But he didn't go down alone. Ohhhhhh, no. He drug someone down with him. And this is actually someone who did NOT deserve to be drug down. I won't name names because they don't want this out. But, this person was in the car when Tregan started rolling a joint, when the police came to the window. This person was charged with possession too, with an equally high fine, even though all the marijuana was Tregan's.
Under the law, this is fair. If someone has illegal substances, you either get away from them, or you tell them to put the shit away, and not be around you with them. That's how the law works, everyone knows that, and that's exactly what this person should have done. I still think it's shitty that Tregan has to get someone else in trouble for his own shit. Tregan should soooooo have to pay for most of this other person's fine. That's what I would do.
You know you have a HUGE fucking problem if you can't go without weed for one week because you're in a show. That's really fucking sad.
But yeah, I'm still really pissed at Scott. And when Katrina asked why I was mad at Scott, I told her. She didn't know, and now she's even more pissed at him than I am. Good. Scott is smarter than that. He knows better. It really hurts when you find out that someone you care about intentionally does stuff that they know bothers you. It really does. It's just another example of how Scott really wasn't worth two years of chasing, and DEFINITELY wasn't worth attempting suicide. Makes me feel real fucking stupid about that.
And so I don't end on a completely depressing note, the show is going amazingly great. Everyone is doing a great job, and I'm really happy with it, and you all need to come see it because it's REALLY REALLY GOOD!!!!
And next week, I'll finally be able to catch up on all my homework. Woot.
Eric 4/30/2004 03:33:00 AM
