My relationship with Cannabis

As a controlled substance, cannabis is the most widely used drug in the world. The accounts below explore different peoples relationship with cannabis, from people who use it recreationally with it having little impact on their lives, to other people whose addiction to cannabis has had a life-changing impact. The purpose of these accounts is for people who use cannabis to share their different experiences of what cannabis use means to them and how each individual experiences cannabis use differently.

A Friend in Weed is a Friend Indeed

Removing cannabis from the equation of my life would surely have yielded a completely different outcome. Yet like everyone else I’m unwilling to put my name to this.

Coming to terms with an adolescence of cannabis use

I have now spent exactly 25% of my entire life “in a relationship” with cannabis – from the age of 15 I have been a pretty much an every day smoker – I am now 20 and facing a lengthy term in prison – whether the cannabis is to blame or not the simple fact is that I would not be looking at this sentence had I never smoked cannabis.

My relationship with Cannabis

Cannabis: My least worrying vice

I probably smoked cannabis for the first time when I was about 15. I bought some in school and presumably as a first time buyer I got ripped off.

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