Reflective Essay On Marijuana

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On the fateful day of April 22nd, 2015, I was unfortunately carrying marijuana and a small pipe on me and then was caught by police. I now have to pay many hefty fines and preform many hours of community service. What I regret most about smoking marijuana is all of the time I wasted while being high and just not being able to be productive like I would have been sober. Instead I spent my time playing video games mindlessly, dazing into the television, or just sleeping instead of possibly studying or being active. I can recall instances where I needed to read or study for a test or quiz and instead I would smoke then not be able to study because I could not concentrate. Even though it made me lazy I still continued to smoke it because it seem …show more content…
People tend to know when one is high, generally because of the squinty red glossy eyes and then they tend to ignore and stay away from me in social situations. Also when I would smoke and get high during the school week caused me to waste hours of my time doing nothing when I could be studying to improve my GPA and maybe make the dean’s list or possibly start working out and getting back in shape. Instead my lungs were most likely damaged from the hot smoke and it now causes me to lose my breath when going up stairs or anything else that’s …show more content…
It is simple, if I am not breaking any laws there is no way I can get in trouble. Another way is to not hang out with people who are or usually do break OU student conduct to avoid any sort of peer pressure or temptation of breaking the rules. I could still possibly get in trouble for just being around people who are breaking the student conduct rules and therefor make better decision making friends. In order to stay out of the trouble with the great state of Oklahoma I plan to finish all my court obligations whether it be paying the fines or preforming community service hours. Also I am going to perform and obey all the probation rules in order for me not to get in any sort of trouble and also to get this charge off my

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