Markass, where do you live?

Location effects marijuana use a lot. I live in NYC, with a population of over 8 million people in a densely populated area. EVERYONE smokes, and smoking marijuana is completely acceptable and generally regarded as a normal activity around here. It is rare to find a person who has never smoked before, and even they generally understand that marijuana is generally harmless, and just prefer not to. Throughout high school, weed is no more than a phone call away from any of the many numbers stored in your cell phone. Any quantity, any quality.

Marijuana is readily available in any populated area, and the more populated the area, the more weed all over and the more people smoking. The less populated the area, the less weed and the less people smoking. Of course, the more people that do it the more accepted it becomes and if nobody does it its not accepted. So location and populations have everything to do with differences in outlooks, availability, popularity, etc.. of the herb.