I don't smoke weed

I'm one of the 10 out of 3,000 people in my school whose never smoked weed before and doesn't want to. Ok, that's a really exaggerated figure, but you get the point. People judge me really badly because of it, call me names like pussy, wuss, faggot, it really gets to me. :( They threaten to burn me. They think I'm gonna rat them out or something even though I don't give a fuck what they do with their life. Then they try to convince me how many friends I'll get if I start smoking it and my life is so incomplete without it.

I know the facts about it. I realize it doesn't have harmful effects, has medicinal properties, etc but I still don't want to do it and why can't they just accept that!? Does it bother them that much!? I don't criticize anyone for their decisions. Then they purposely talk about nothing except weed all the time. And all the other people who don't smoke it are really dorky people who nobody likes and I just can't stand being near them most of the time either. :(

Also even if I did want to, I don't have any money to buy it.

Is this normal?

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  • sparrowfeed

    you're very smart.

    don't fuck with your brain. once you do it, you always have that perception..

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    • TheGuyWhoLovesSpicyStuff

      check my weed post please. i have this weird feeling in my head, please help!! will it ever go away?

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  • StrangeDuckDude

    You're not missing much. I tried it twice and the second time I did, I had a paranoid reaction (thought every flashing light was the cops coming to arrest me) and my eyes dried out so bad that I scratched my cornea removing my contact lenses. Oh, and I walked two miles IN THE WRONG DIRECTION trying to go home. (I'll stick to beer from now on, at least I know what it'll do...)

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  • sparkyxox

    its great that you unlike many people who dont smoke weed know the truth and dont beleive all the lies spread about weed. your doing exactly what these people should be doing and thats letting them live their lives and do what they want to do they should do the same for you. really most "stoners" are pleasant people that smoke because they like the way it makes them feel not because they look cool doing it and then to get violent about it trust me kid these kids are losers who just want to look cool.

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  • yesnomaybeso

    I dont smoke either

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  • yeeewyewyeww

    Dude, I'm 20 I have never smoked weed either, at my age people respect me more for not doing it.

    Ive had girls quit it just to get with me. I dont hate those who do it, I just choose how I live and think you should do the same, you will live a better life that way.

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  • StarryEyed

    I suggest moving schools if you can. That doesn't sound like the sort of place you want to be developing your education and growing up.

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  • Weed is NOT FOR MINORS!

    I toke almost everyday and I love what it has done for my life, but I would never EVER pressure someone else into doing it. In fact, my husband has never done it and never will - I respect his wishes and he respects mine.

    Sounds like you need new friends that accept you as you are.

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  • Ya don't let thoes assholes get to u they'll all end up dead or in prison.Trust me u don't want to go down that road it's a living hell

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  • punx

    Fuck them. do what you want. personaly i do it damn near every day but not all stoners are jackasses. dont do it if you dont want to.

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  • MrVDubs

    People at your school are just douches. I smoke all the time and some of my best friends will NEVER touch the stuff. I'd say just keep living your life, and if you don't want to smoke then don't. The figures in Canada are 50/50 for smokers so you can't go wrong either way.

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    • AlexaHafer

      Okay, i'm going to tell you what every kid needs to know.
      This is peer pressure. I'm in tenth grade. In eight grade, i hung out with EVERYONE who smoked weed. One day, we had a situation that caused for a locker check. My locker buddy and i took all weed, cigarettes, and jackets with a scent in to our lockers. Drug dogs caught us. We all got suspended.
      Misery loves company. They want you to be miserable. Trust me. And no, people do like the people who don't smoke weed. So. That's exadgerating.

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  • mermaid

    Don't do it.
    I don't smoke weed or drink, and everyone says "oh, that's boring. Have some fun."
    I just don't want to. I like my brain cells, thank you.
    My dad was in prison when I was born (for drugs), and is currently still a drug dealer. I see what it does to people. Seeing my mother taking a bong hit is my earliest memory of her.
    I haaaate people who are only friends with someone else because they smoke pot. Alot of my past friends/boyfriends smoked pot. "Hey, let's go to this guy's house, I think he has some weed." Why don't people have real friends instead of pot-friends?

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  • sucka-free

    It's normal. I smoked weed for the first time when I was 18, then not again till I was 30 because a girl I lived with was a pothead.

    We'd smoke weed and make awesome food and watch TV. Food tastes SO GOOD when you are high. Also having sex while high is incredible.

    Some people smoke everyday and some people smoke a few times a year, or not at all.

    Weed isn't harmful as much as alcohol or cigarettes are. I don't smoke now because it gets expensive and this economy sucks.

    But if it was free I'd still be doing it once in a while.

    I think smoking every day makes me lazy and complacent, but ymmv.

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  • TheGuyWhoLovesSpicyStuff

    Dude dont make the mistake i made. Im serious, its fucking dumb and it ruined my life, i feel like everything is not real now.. but... that doesn't matter..ill deal with it, just please dont do it it will wreck your life its not for everybody. trust me i know.

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  • SomeGirl314

    You know what the simple answer is? If you don't want to then don't. Smoking is a hot topic right now...For some people with chronic conditions it bring pain relief, depression relief, and just a moment to exist without worrying. For others they want to do it all the time, spend hundreds of dollars a month on it, and have a hell of a time finding a job, or have to wait 30 days to apply so they can pass a drug test.

    Some people abuse it, some people need it to function.

    If you don't WANT to try it though and do...well that's just silly. Stand up for yourself.

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  • TotalAspie

    Stick to your principals. All those other people are immature and stupid to the tenth power for trying to make you (or anyone else) conform to anything.

    I was in high school, and had a strong belief in cannabis legalization, yet I never would have done it. Nearly fifteen years later, I feel the same way. I have to admit that while I *STILL* wouldn't do it, I do find cannabis culture to be interesting.

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  • libertymoonbeam

    I have this fantastic friend named iz, and she smokes weed, i dont, but she is still my friend and she understands why i dont smoke weed, and if you have friends who smoke weed and they treat you like that, they suck as friends, i dont smoke weed, and you dont smoke weed, and you r smart for not smoking it dont get pressured into it cause its a bad choice, and to all those who smoke weed and make fun of others who dont,and try pressuring others, you suck

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  • RiahBanqz

    Thats Good And Dont Start !! i Did it a few Times And i Realized That somkin just was not 4 me

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  • justsaying

    I agree with everyone...don't be a conformist...have they realized that you are more of a rebel because you are the "ONE" who doesn't do what they are doing? no offense but Where they do that at?...I am 28 and have Never smoked weed...all of my peers do it but I don't...just don't have the taste for it...I do other things that I need not mention but who cares...SO OVER IT...keep going against the flow...that's how gold is found....

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  • 405060

    Who cares if you don't? I have never tried it and I'm perfectly happy.

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  • SMILEifyourstupid

    Not only is it normal, but its smart! ok well maybe its not that normal because you dont find many smart people with strong personalities who never want to even try weed so its not that common, but thats only because your thinking and reasoning level is higher than the the average highschool dimwit.

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  • Chaosbob

    Don't do it, it can make you depressed and it gets you the wrong kind of friends. You don't want drug buddies 90% of the time because they aren't your friends.
    If you need to smoke just use cigarettes, they don't screw with your mind as much, and they're legal.

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  • nuttabutta

    Never fall in to pure pressure it will get u in a lot of fucked up shir

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  • lifeslikethis

    The thing is, in a perfect world one wouldn't NEED an excuse for their personal choices. I've asked the same kids who pressured me if they would go skydiving with me (just to see what they'd say) and they said "Hell no! Are you crazy?". Don't need an excuse for that, but for weed you do? What makes it where some things you need excuses for, and others you don't? JuicyJ, I call your type the "try it once" people. Almost as annoying as any other type of peer pressurer, because it's still pressure, even if they want you to do it once. I have some reasons anyway:
    1)I don't know where to get it from.
    2)I don't drive or have a car yet.
    3)I don't have money because I don't have a job yet.

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  • Kai'Layah

    I have tried weed a few times, and realized that it wasnt for me. It just isnt for everybody, and if you feel that it isnt for you, then stand by that choice. As for the cruelty that you receive from your peers for not smoking, IGNORE IT! Highschool is only 4 years of your life. Yes, they are very longgggg years, but you have the rest of your life after that, and you will surely never see these people again. My boyfriend is a great person, but he is also very unmotivated because he smokes weed everyday, and not just once, but multiple times. It is almost as he cannot function without that high. I do not want to see this happen to you, because you seem very smart. Keep doing what you're doing, you'll be happy you did in the end. **And no disrespect to people who do smoke weed, because it does not take control of EVERYONES life, some people can function and smoke.

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    • Kai'Layah

      I also agree with JuicyJ. When you tell them no, think of a better response than "i dont want to". I dont smoke because it makes me twitch and get really paranoid, and when i say this people understand and dont pressure me further. Try something like "my job does random drug testing, and i cant afford to lose my job" or something of that matter.

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  • i no this sounds cheesy but
    JUST SAY NO
    it mite be the best thing u evr did
    u will look back on ur high school years and be proud tht u ncr screwed ur brain up

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  • sparrowfeed

    weed is really dumb.
    i never touched it in high school. i BRIEFLY experimented in my early 20s, and ultimately found it wasn't for me, outgrowing it.

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  • love2laugh

    Fight the good fight! Stay strong and don't fall victim of the peer pressure BS that goes on. I promise you, that is a decision you won't regret!

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  • Go listen I agree. If people want to kill themselves then there would be free handguns but there is not. I stick by with what my name is.

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  • inlove89

    Same here. Well I have tried it. Like three or four times. Not for me. But yeah it's annoying when people pressure me and stuff it sucks. I just stick with alcohol <3

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  • twixzy

    It makes me feel sooo good i get high evry night now

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  • JuicyJ

    No pressure to try it or nothing like that, but with non smokers, my question is why the hell not? And really, your answer should be better then cause i dont want to.

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  • precious13

    JUST keep do n u, n dont let them get 2 u bcuz all they want u 2 do is follow n their footsteps.N 2 me at this rate u sound like 2 muc of a leader.

    *STAY ON TASK*

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  • JungleTurtle

    Dude just chill out man no need to make a whole deal about it just dont give a shit about it if you arent interested in it. I mean who will burn you for not smoking weed...seriously, i suggest you beat the shit out of the when they do try to burn you. and oh weed does affect the way you are, it affects your mind, spirit, and body.

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  • peaceoflove23

    smoking weed is a personal decision, i have friends just like you, they dont smoke but they respect it, though i say, just because i am who i am, just try it once just to get people off ur ass, ur life will not change, and you will not regret it. after that u never smoke again.

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  • Listen

    Beat the shit out of someone who pisses you off about it and show your not going to be fucked around about it, they're sad.

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  • rinne

    no. no. NO! don't let the peer pressure take over.
    seems like your friends have told you it doesnt have any harmful effects, well true, since it is a soft drug, but actually marijuana can bring you vivid dreams (meaning vivid nightmares as well). it's not good for your body in the short term (and the long term effects are still unstudied yet.)

    it's just not safe! please don't give in to peer pressure :(

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  • LesterTheMolester

    I'd say no because every person I know want's to try drugs. But I don't agree.

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  • DarkShneider13

    well i smoke weed i dont say ppl should smoke weed i respect ppl choice but it never ruined my life or change my perseption of thing. as for the guywholovespicystuff feeling your life is not real after smoking weed is a disease i saw this in a movie whit mathew perry in it.he smoked weed then he had to go to a doctor cause he said he life wasn't real and he could see himself do things...

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  • hotchickie81

    I never smoked weed in school either! Made it through the teenage years without doing anything "bad."

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