Maggie's Farm

I've smoked weed for some 35 years, never touched it until the last day of high school as the penalties for using it in my sport were onerous. Once I moved to the national team I realized everyone on the team smoked weed and I'd be in the clear. So away I went.

I've had periods of heavy use that corresponded to low points in life. I realized the heavy use was leading to bouts of anxiety, for good reason. When I was growing my own, I had tons available and it was top shelf quality too.

These days I smoke nearly every day, but just a toot after work much of the time, a small fraction of what I used to consume. Maybe more on the weekend, mowing the lawn or going for a sail while high is enjoyable

I work in the design industry, own my own practice. Sometimes when things are hectic and I need to concentrate, I can have a bit of a toot and it'll help me settle in, concentrate on the problem at hand and wave away all the distractions. It lets me get down to drawing and solving design issues.

Broadly speaking I far prefer smoking weed to drinking. I've cut way back on the alcohol now and only have a bit on weekends.

Along the way I have successfully grown a ton of weed as well with indoor grows, it's work, but it's rewarding. Harvesting a few pounds of sticky bud that you've tended from a small clone is nice. Being able to enjoy it with friends, also good. No different than gardening vegetables in that regard.

Now I make money as part of my practice designing multi-million dollar grow ops. The investment market for that is all but dried up now after a few years of frenzy so I don't expect to draw too many more but it's been fun drawing acres of buildings used to grow everything from recreational to medicinal products.

Weed ain't what it was for your parents. The genetics are an order of magnitude more powerful than old 70's ditchweed. Some caution is advised. Once in a while I'll have some edibles, it's mostly a body buzz. And yes, music is better with weed (Which is of course a mild hallucinogen).

At this point I am increasingly moderating my intake mostly as part of increasing my cardiovascular health. Also as part of weight loss because smoking weed late at night most surely leads to poor food decisions and in turn obesity. Likewise excess weed consumption has estrogenic properties and effects, so smoke enough weed and you'll become skinny fat with man boobs. Not a hot look.

My peer group on weekends who I end up smoking with includes doctors, surgeons, fund managers, engineers. It runs the gamut. Plenty of successful people doing it. But also plenty of people in that peer group who have no interest in it. It is a good social lubricant.