Quote Originally Posted by KattyG
my older brother is destroyed because of smoking marijuana all the time throughout his teens and most of his 20s-30s he has massive skitsofrenia ( bad spelling soz ) and it has ruined him, he has lost his child and cannot hold a job. he turned into my worst nightmare and i cant have contact with him now. marijuana can have very bad effects, it has been proven and shown from alot of people who have developed mental disorders but only if smoked throughout every day for every month for a lot of years.
You can't blame marijuana for his mistakes. What, are you going to blame a gun manufacturer for a person murdering someone? Are you going to blame a car for a major and fatal accident?

Marijuana does not have bad effects, it's the people that smoke it that are to blame. I smoke almost daily, and I am doing great in my University (smartest and youngest student in my Logic class of 100+ people) and I usually run 30 minutes a few times a week, sometimes I can get up to 10-11 kilometers in 60-70 minutes in any given day. And back to academics, I'll even smoke a bowl before I start on an essay so I can concentrate better, and it also helps with my creativity. My average essay grades are around the 90 percentile mark. And also, people love my homemade meals when I'm chopped; they say they've never tasted anything like it and that they love it. I don't have a set recipe for anything, I just freestyle every meal and it comes out great time after time.

So don't blame marijuana for your older brother's unwise and irresponsible decision making; he himself is to blame. I find myself to be very productive when I toke. It's all up to you and your will power on how you spend your high times. But nonetheless, it sucks that your brother is in such a situation; it's very sad to witness someone just give up on life like that.