1. You should never have needed to stop talking about anything with your friends. It is marijuana, it is less dangerous for you than smoking a CIGARETTE!!!(I think)

People love to complain about stuff. You complain, I complain, your mother complains. People will always find something to complain about and the easiest things to attack are the "wrong" ones like illegal products =) But in this case we all know it should not be illegal!

This is how I deal with bullshit. If somebody bothers you about smoking marijuana you ask them if they have gotten high before. Not smoked it, gotten high, I did not get high the first time I smoked it. I didn't even know that just breathing it into my mouth wasnt technically inhaling it. If the answer is no, they haven't gotten high, then ask them what they know about marijuana. Chances are it will be nothing because I have met very few people who know about marijuana and would still get on your case about it. If they know nothing about it then tell them straight up that until they can come to you with more indepth information on why you should stop smoking that you don't want to hear about it again. It is that simple with non-hostile non-friends.

You cannot come across weak, ever. Just reading your original post you came across very weakly. "oh no, should i give up my life long friends to avoid a little taunting, please help me" Fuck that. If you have seriously talked to them about smoking and made them understand how you feel about it and they keep bothering you then turn the tables around. If they're overweight get on them about that, everytime they make a comment about smoking make 3 comments about their weight in the next 30 minutes, but keep the tone the same. If they make jokes, you make jokes. If they nag, you nag.(Oh look, Djaio is smoking again! -your response- Oh look, "insert name" is eating again!" sometimes friends think they're being good friends when they're just being annoying.

But this all assumes you believe smoking is RIGHT for you. That you believe you are simply having a good time in a way of your choosing. If you're the type of guy who is smoking a joint and sees his best friend coming and feels the need to hide it out of shame(i know some of us dont like to share =) ) Then maybe you should stop smoking. Do a little research on the drug and then start back up with the knowledge that there is nothing wrong with it other than the fact that somebody long ago decided to outlaw it. They could have chosen Apple Juice.

But of course I'm one of the people who hotboxes in their car and when my mom walks out to go somewhere I roll down the window, with the blunt in my hand, and wave her off while blowing smoke out the window =) If you can tell yourself that there is nothing wrong with smoking you can tell somebody else that. And in this instance they would be lying if they said otherwise. (other than whatever smoke you inhale, breathing smoke in is never good for you) This isn't crack. 3 days off of this and you won't be shaking down bums for spare change.