I made new friends on a recent trip and they got me stoned. It had been 25 years since I'd smoked a joint and all the same successive traits came out -- loopy, spacy, brash, meditative. I felt young again and not in a good way.

They live in LA, CA with a prescription and promise plenty of pot. Ive got mixed feelings. Sure it's a sociable drug. Definitely not something I can use regularly. I'd get the urge to go back to using harder drugs.

But for them it's not a big deal. Varies for each person. Some folks find it's helpful.