Pot
smoker lives the high life
One
student tells when and why she smokes marijuana.
By
Sarah Chacko
Skiff Staff
Shes here on a full ride. Her cumulative average
is a 3.78. Shes on the Deans Honor List,
and shes active in the Honors Program.
Hard to believe she smokes pot everyday.
Delilah, a TCU student who would rather
keep her identity and major confidential, has been smoking
for six years, but shes hardly the typical
pothead.
Its not that hard to keep my working life,
my recreational life and my academic life separate,
she said. Ive never had trouble saying no
to smoking out to get something done.
Delilah started smoking her freshman year in high school,
her first year in a public school. She said it was the
exposure to different people that opened her mind to
try new things. She smoked for the first time with a
friend and just kept smoking. Despite her new found
habit, Delilah remained in the top 10 of her 300-student
class. She graduated as salutatorian of her class.
Mind you, this is after four years of smoking
pot, she said. Habitually.
By the time Delilah started college, she was smoking
everyday. As a first-semester freshman, she said she
smoked once in awhile at parties and around certain
friends. Her smoking habit increased during her second
semester to everyday; at least twice and at most 4 or
5 sessions.
Delilah said she currently smokes everyday, but sometimes
as little as just before bed. She said she knows when
to smoke and when not to, like when I have a lot
to do. Marijuana is just what she does to relax.
People think smoking pot makes you lazy,
she said. There are people who dont smoke
that are lazy and pathetic. I dont knock people
who sit in front of the TV for hours.
Though her parents dont know, Delilah said shes
never given them any reason for concern.
They know I make choices of my own that they dont
know about, she said. I havent screwed
up my life, and Im doing pretty well.
Delilah
said there are a lot of stoners who add to the stereotype,
but said there is just as diverse a range of characters
and personalities as among the normal. People
that smoke pot are typically considered hippies, which
carries a negative connotation, she said. They dont
seem to be a working part of a decent society.
However, Delilah has a job and is making the grades.
What kind of people do they want in this decent
society? she asked.
The truth that the government advertises
through anti-drug campaigns is more like propaganda,
Delilah said.
How much truth was there to those ads? she
said. They make you think what they want you to
think.
Just because the law makes it the wrong decision,
that doesnt mean it inherently is the wrong decision,
she said. Remember kids, its only illegal
cause the government cant tax it.
Delilah said smokers shouldnt be considered societys
pariahs.
Its easier to find bad than good,
she said. In all social types.
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