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Alicia D Ridout

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  • Birthday 06/15/1996

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  1. I have had a similar experience. My "best friend" of several years has become morally repulsive to me, now that I have determined what my values actually are. I used to basically believe in the present "liberal" ideology, as most of my friends and educators, including her, do. For me it has been kind of strangely not painful, although I expected that growing apart from her would be horrendous. I have realized that it is necessary. I can't waste time on a relationship that is draining and frustrating. Also, many educators and friends over the years that I had held to be smart and independent thinkers, I have realized are not so. On the other hand, I have come to appreciate the few objective (in the lowercase sense of the word) teachers I have had, and a the one or two friends I did have who actually have values, integrity, and a sense of self.
  2. It is strong, but as a young adult of this age who smoked high end marijuana daily (ages 12-16) with my family (we all quit at the same time, and I do not use it more than once or twice a year now), I can say that I don't think that it causes any real psychological or physical problems, outside of possibly making you a bit more physically lazy and a bit paranoid when you are actually high. I actually made better grades and was more involved in school when I smoked pot every day. I got a job shortly after quitting though, and that may have been what caused my grades to lower after stopping habitual marijuana use. My point is that I never had a physical or mental want or need to go buy it (it was always provided for me when I smoked daily), nor did I or do I miss it very much. I think that a lot of mediocre and lazy people tend to fall into smoking it, and that gives the plant itself a horrible reputation. I believe it is like alcohol but less physically harmful... okay in appropriate moderation.
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