Quote Originally Posted by CityBoyGoneCountry
We're always hearing stories about how weed has effected people's live in a negative way. I'm not going to argue about whether or not any of those stories are factual. I don't know, and quite honestly, I don't care. What I do know to be true is my own personal journey, and this is it:

I started smoking weed for a couple of reasons. For one, I was curious. I wanted to know what it was like, and the only way to find out was by trying it. Second, I was an emotionally fucked-up youth, and I was prone to doing all kinds of stupid things. Not that smoking weed is a stupid thing to do, but it is a stupid thing for a kid to do.

Anyways, I tried it and I liked it. I became a regular smoker, and a broke smoker. Weed was (and still is) ridiculously over priced, and I was spending what little money I had on it. I also got ripped off more than a few times, either from skimpy sacks or poor quality buds. Once, I even got robbed at gunpoint for a mere $40. I figured my life had to worth at least $40, so I gave him the money.

I decided I had to find a better way. I bought a marijuana grower's guide from some hippy chick selling books on Telegraph Ave in Berkley, California. I had never tried to grow anything in my life. Gardening had never been one of my interests before. But when I started reading that book I was hooked. What a grand miracle it was to see step-by-step instructions for how to get something I couldn't afford, absolutely free.

I began growing my own weed.

But it wasn't weed I was hooked on. I became hooked on the act of gardening itself. I began growing other things too. I grew plants I could eat, and I grew plants that were beautiful to look at. I learned about the different roles that specific plants play in the ecosystem, and the roles of insects as well. I learned to stop killing the spiders because they eat some of the bugs that eat my plants!

I developed a greater understanding of nature, and my life became richer for it. A garden is not nature. A garden is our attempt to command nature. But it is a fantastic classroom to learn about life on our planet, as well as a source of good food and good memories.

Marijuana introduced me to gardening.

That's my experience.

Does anyone else have a positive story about weed?
well said my friend