Quote Originally Posted by Captain Jack Sparrow
everyone around me seems to think it's just a "phase" that I'll "grow out of."
i hear ya bro. in reality it's only a phase for them; a non-acceptance phase if u will. i have a lot of friends who, when i started smoking, used to rag on me all the time for it. and of course included in those rants was all the typical intolerant bullshit like 'someday u'll grow up' or 'it's gonna kill u', etc. now, many years later i'm still friends with most of them, more than half are now fellow stoners, and all the bitching is gone. the ones that chose not to get involved themselves have come to accept and respect the fact that i like smokin reefer and have no plans on quitting. and now that we're all older and wiser, none of them have a problem with that.

stick to ur guns dude. as u get older and become successful despite the fact u smoke weed, the 'everyone' u speak of will grow out of their phase. and in doing so u will have done all of us a favor.

peace,
evlshngns