I firmly believe that marijuana has helped my life. It has enlightened me to the power of the human mind. I started smoking marjiuana regularly on February 15th of this year. I had tried it in the past a few times, but didn't enjoy the negative experiene due to smoking so much, for a first timer. You use pothead as a degrading term, and while I don't claim that title, marijuana has become the center of my life. Why and how? While I enjoy being high as often as possible, when I'm not high I am doing extensive research on marijuana cultivation. Up until high school I was a straight A student in all of the advanced classes. When I went into high school, alot of shit went down. My father and grandfather died within a year apart of each other, the school was harassing me because of how I was, and all of this was before I started smoking pot. Now, I'm failing 90% of all of my classes, but marijuana certainly isn't to blame. I just realized that it's pointless. I am an extremely talented writer, musician, and artist and I can perform alot of tasks. If I can't make a living off of my natural talents, then I'm sure I could find a job working with nature. In fact, marijuana has given me a better appreciation for all types of nature. It gave me a huge amount of respect for earth, the environment, and enabled me to come to the conclusion that marijuana prohibition is ridiculous. I honestly believe that it has enhanced my life. When I am high, my mind wanders and I think of amazing ideas, theories, and ponder the meaning of life and just appreciate all that I have. I am not "burned-out" although I smoke nothing less than mid-grades daily. I am still able to carry on a conversation and my social skills have only improved. I am a nicer person ever since discovering marijuana. It has enlightened me. If I had a choice between one of the labels to be identified as, I'd chose stoner. Actually, I'd chose naturalist or hippie.