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8 Controlled Substances March 2012 smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day. I blaze a few I times every week to be social. I drink copiously at parties. And I still have nearly a 4.0 GPA. There's a stigma that people have of those who frequently use controlled substances: we're stupid, lazy, and not going to get anywhere in life. And, to be fair, many of my friends fit that stereotype. But just looking at me, you wouldn't guess that I've even gotten near drugs or alcohol. I have no regrets about my choice in lifestyle, and I hope you won't judge me for that. “Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.” - Jesse Jackson There's a reason why people say "Don't do drugs." It f*cking messes up your life. I have never done them myself (except this one time during the summer but that doesn't count because it was just hookah and it didn't get me high or anything. It's basically flavored water vapor), but I know someone who did and it completely changed him. It turns you into a person that doesn’t care about anything except when your next hit is going to be. You stop caring about your appearances, your grades, your life in general. You turn from a eloquent bright-eyed kid into this hairy, disgusting, smelly caveman. Why would anyone voluntarily do that to themselves? If you can’t live a life without drugs, what are you living for anyway? Is that hour of fleeting happiness so important to you that you would sacrifice your entire life for it? If you work hard, have goals, and have love and people you care about in your life, you could have the chance to make that happiness be everlasting, and isn’t that better than that superficial high you could get from drugs? And besides, no girls are attracted to druggies. I've only ever done drugs twice in my life, and only out of curiosity. Before I tried it, I was wondering how I would feel afterwards. Everyone else seems to enjoy getting high, and hallucinations can only be fun, right? I wanted to experience that, I guess. After I took the pills, I did not feel any different, but my friends told me otherwise. I suppose that talking about raining grapes and running around the pavement with your laptop held over your head is not exactly something a fully rational person would do. Whatever. I had fun. My friends had fun. I did not die. In fact, I slept very well that night. Obviously, I can have fun without being high, seeing as I've only ever been high a few times but have had fun many times, but the sorts of fun a person can have are entirely different. Drugs give you a more heightened sense perception, and help you think and see things you probably would not have seen or thought if you are not stoned, and to be honest, that feeling is fun. I want to ramble about nonsensical philosophical sh*t and see the universe inside-out. I want to fool around without caring. I like drugs. Big deal. They have never affected any of my relationships, seeing as I am not a stoner, and most of my friends do not even know that I have experimented. It is actually rather nice being able to rant on Aletheia with anonymity, because if I dared to say half the stuff I've said here in front of my friends/family, I will surely be judged negatively, grounded for life, and deprived of my dessert after dinner. Some people are complete idiots when it comes to drugs though. Apparently, some kids smoke pot only because their friends do it? Lame. Do drugs because you like it, not because other people do. And apparently, they use over and over and over again? Stupid. Drugs are like alcohol, or calorie-packed, fat-people food–fine in moderation, and terrible when you overdose, and DIE. So, I guess the lesson to be learned is, do what you want. Don't kill yourself. Don't kill anyone else in a crazed frenzy of unjustifiable, stoner rage. And, preferably, don't get caught. “It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling.” - Chuck Palahniuk
Aletheia Volume 2: Issue 6 I'm a good kid. A really good kid, actually, and a studious one at that. But fortunately or unfortunately, I was introduced to controlled substances towards the end of junior year (which most people would call rather late, but maybe not so much at Lynbrook). What motivated me to do it was not a desire to be "cool", not a will to prove anything to anyone, not an escape from all of the stress from school. Rather, it was just another way to have fun, but a different kind of fun. Substances like weed and alcohol do different things to different people. For me, they just make me more social and talkative, which helps me interact with people in a way that I might not otherwise interact with them. I guess you could say I drink and smoke just to be more friendly around people. Also, smoking or drinking makes ordinary things seem funny or exaggerated, which I like. It also allows me to do or say things that I otherwise wouldn't (good or bad, of course, but I'm still always sober enough not to cross the line), which just makes for an even better time for me and my friends. Obviously, not everyone needs to do these things for the above reasons, and I usually don't NEED to do these things around my friends to have fun, but I think these things definitely do make gatherings or hangouts less awkward and more fun. I'm not advocating either way, but I'm just explaining my reasoning for using substances. Maybe you think I'm stupid for doing it, maybe you agree with me. But whatever the case is, I encourage everyone to try it before judging others who use it, or just stop judging others, period. ~ ~ ~ once thought that Lynbrook was a place where I I could be safe from drugs, safe from all of the horrors associated with them. My freshman year, I only knew a couple of people in my grade who used controlled substances. As I moved on to higher grades, the amount of people who use controlled substances started to skyrocket, and I noticed more of my friends were slowly starting to fall into that pit. I sometimes ask myself why I don't follow them in; I ask myself why I don't take the easy way out of all of the stress placed on a Lynbrook student. I believe the main reason why I do not used controlled substances is that I've seen what these drugs can do to people first hand, and how they can change the people you know/love so dearly. I've seen my siblings change drastically; the people who were once so caring, loving and dedicated to studying suddenly turned into people who just cared about partying. I think it's interesting how people start to use controlled substances, and I think it is absolutely absurd that people start using these hazardous drugs to be "cool" or be accepted in their crowd. Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. - Jan Peter Balkenende can’t write hooks, but let me tell you this is the I best essay in this issue. Anyways, Weed? It’s probably a topic many people can talk on end about, whether it’s for or against it, there’s no denying controlled substances like this are a topic of great debate. My experience with them hasn’t been too out of the ordinary. I began with smoking weed about a year ago, drank a couple times here or there, quit weed, smoked some more, quit again, and as of now… to be honest, I’m writing this alone, in my room, high. So do I support weed? Do I support weed and not harder drugs? Am I one of those “weed’s not a drug man,” people? The answer to all these is a simple, but contradictory, no. I believe certain drugs have benefits, however, all of them have their pitfalls. I would like to start however, by stating that health wise, I could care less about the effects of weed and it’s safe to say people don’t blindly do drugs without knowing their health effects. With this out of the way, this proposition is kind of left open ended. Just to get it out of the way, weed IS a drug. Can I see it has helped my life? Yes, and very much so. Without seeming too much of a stoner/fan boy (you know what type of people I’m talking about), marijuana has completely broadened my horizons. I learned about many people and things through this questionable curiosity. This drug provides open-mindedness, something kids of this age lack. It is rare however that even people that smoke weed apply this way of thinking into their life positively. This is because unlike most people, 9
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