Weed and the growth therein has limited the amount of people I can safely become close to, to only two.

It would be nice if it was leagal or if people could be trusted with knowing what you do in your closets and basements IRL. I have never been stolen from or snitched on... But there is also the factor of me having two life-long friends only.

I am very proud of my two friends, but, I do wonder what it would be like to make more as I get older.

Being a weed grower/smoker puts us in such positions. When I was a kid and just smoked, I learned how quickly that fact about me became known to people I never met. People from other valleys would know me before I knew them. It was far too apparent then, that if I ever wanted to truly enjoy myself or feel safe in what i do, I have to sacrifice many potential friends.

Maybe not exactly on your topic, but close enough. It is very sad that people have to stay seperated from other people due to social stigma and paranoia. Oppression of this plant has left most of us feeling the same way you do. there is so much potential for us to be a community, but it is just too dangerous to play around with people and weed out the good from the bad when you do what we do.