I first became interested in trying it when I got a book from the library on different kinds of drugs and found out that cannabis is not physically addictive (as for some reason I had been led to believe) and some women in ancient times (probably still do) used it for pain during labor! This piqued me.

I than came across my first high times magazine... whoa! Awesome looking fucking buds. This was all happening over the spring. By the summer, I had my first hit.. didn't get high though the first time. Second time, I finally got my first bag and saw what the shit looks like... it was schwag and I remember thinking.. "this looks NOTHING like high time's weed!" But alas, after a couple of bowls off of a Dr Grabow pipe... my friends and I were not high. My friends older sister came out to "supervise" she rolled us up a joint... the second hit I took I felt like my lungs were coughing up laughter.. like deep, induced laughter (which, btw, I have not yet experienced again!) and I was HIGH.

Ahh good in good all in all... I feel fortunate for the experiences that I have had and I feel grateful that I started smokin when I did.. 95. I think the 90's were overall a damn good decade... interesting things with music and the internet.. and I am glad I experienced it high!

Jim Broker