Why do teenagers think smoking weed and marijuana is cool?

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I dunno they think it makes them grownup and bad ass but in reality it just makes them seem even more childish. My dad smokes weed, he's 43 years old, has since he was 17 and he even says it's a waste of time. It hasn't affected us negatively, he's a responsible parent and a hardworking one too. If anything it's shown us that.. honestly, it's all hype. It ends up turning to be like a stress relieving cigarette than a drug that makes you giggly and paranoid like they show on the TV. Weed is also the type of drug, according to my dad, that just makes you who you are even more. Such as.. if you're a hardworking person, it'll make you work even harder, if you're naturally lazy, it'll make you even more lazy. If you're happy it'll make you more happy, if you're depressed it'll make you more depressed, etc.

I've had access to weed my entire life. There's a huge bag of it in the hallway closet, papers on my father's desk as well as a lighter. I could smoke right now, I could of smoked at any time when my parents were away. But I didn't. I had no need. I don't think it's bad but there's nothing special about it. I've never drank either because my mother is a borderline alcoholic. One of my parents made drugs seem boring, the other made drinking extremely negative in my eyes. I've had no need or want to do either and kids my age who talk about smoking, rolling one up, dedicate their entire facebook, twitter or tumblr pages to it make me laugh. It's childish.