Quote from: mrmilleripresume on May 17, 2013, 01:24 pmFor me, it happened when my family moved from an affluent neighborhood into another one that was full of kids who were into pot. It didn't take long before I was smoking pot with them and playing guitars. The rest, as they say, is rock and roll history. ;) Damn, am I the only one here who lived in a cave about drugs for so long? I grew up most of my life believing drugs were what government propaganda says they are; ie funding terrorism, will kill you if you swallow a pill, dealers going to try kill you, it messes your head up etc all that type of shit. I must have been 15 (going back a good few years now) and remember seeing some guy smoking weed on a park bench in the middle of an extremely affluent area where I lived and was absolutely terrified of the guy thinking he was going to randomly chase and kill me.So yeah, kind of shows what my upbringing was like when you have family who believes the government unquestionably. Whilst it wasn't as bad as US propaganda since the US seems to house the most extreme people whereas the UK is much more trimmed down with less extremes on both sides, it still goes to show what a sheltered life believing everything your told by the government can do to you. Even only a year or two ago, I seen a woman handing out leaflets on cannabis and it's "Facts" were things like cannabis is involved in over 50,000 deaths a year etc which I was pretty confused on, but obviously I researched the full facts and yes, 50,000 deaths a year have cannabis involved, but that's like saying drinking water contribute to your death when somebody falls onto a knife and kills him/herself.What I don't like either is that I can't be open and honest with anybody who matters to me much because they're effectively brainwashed beyond the point of return. Whereas here on SilkRoad, we are all pretty free and can discuss serious matters in our lives with complete anonymity (to the most extent) and people are not judging or bias.