You definatly do sound like an intelligent person, certainly not someone who is fried out. Wow 35 years is a long time, of course it would because i'm only 22 You seem to sound like the other long time smokers i have talked to, no real noticable problems with memory or health in general, just a long period of happy smoking that has improved there life. I do agree that smoking and education can definatly be a problem, i'm currently in college and have had to limit myself at times. Mostly the problem just comes from wanting to smoke and getting sidetracked from things i need to do. I havent had any problems learning or anything like that. I usually try to keep smoking to the weekends as much as possible as college can be a busy time during the week. And actually I find smoking always keeps me fascinated with the things i'm studying, I began to see chemistry in a whole new light, instead of just some dry boring material I began to see how incredible the things i was learning really is, how complex and organized the world is at such a small level. For me marijuana drives me to be a better person and to truly appreciate the world, far different from most of the propaganda you hear about how marijuana will turn you into an unmotivated loser. Although you do have to be carefull not to overdue it while your going to school, to much can be a bad thing, i guess you just have to be responsible, some people probably couldnt handle it. Anyways thanks for the respons its always nice to listen to what a long term smoker has to say.