hey the hammer i started at 12 also it was a good age to first partake of the herb to everyone enjoy what life has to offer because it is to short not to i lost my wife of 3 weeks to cancer in june of 2004 she was a puffer just like me and the herb was the only thing that eased her pain and made her able to eat dont let life pass you by people i know i wont enjoy what the plant gives to us i know i will peace to all