How bad is weed really?

[theboner]

Marijuana, weed, mj, etc. We know what it is, probably everyone in this forum has smoked/ate (brownies) weed. How bad is it, really? I want this to be a real discussion thread;

I'm turning 14 on Monday and I've been smoking weed since about 6 months ago. I started off slowly, like about once or twice a week maximum, then it depended on how much I had available. I was smoking about three times a week to once a day - it really just depended on my quantity. What should I do? It's not really affecting me too much - I'm still doing good in school, I do (some of) my homework (dirty LA school), my social life is fine, and etc; the subject's just troubling me a lot. I'm 5'8, have a post-puberty based voice, and don't look like a pothead. Any thoughts?

See the problem is that there is always 2 sides to look at.
For starters lets look at the pros of Weed
1. Helps you relax
2. Creates an atmosphere you are mentally able to conquer
3. Might help you make new social connections
Other then that there really is no benifet or pro to smoking or any other drug for that matter

Now the cons
1. Slows down reaction time
2. Gives a false sense of reality
3. Harms interpersonal skills
4. Serves no real purpose
5. Creates a dependency
6. Shows lack of character
that is just a start

See I have smoked up way back in the past. Did I ever get an award, did I ever do anything that was great while high no. The best things in life that I have ever received was were I had to put actual work to things.
In todays day and age people thing that they need to escape and for alot of people that escape is to do some type of drug mainly weed. Why do people always want to think that well everyone else does it so why not me. Why not just try and be you, be the unique person that you are and actually do something worth while. Go play some sports,get a girlfriend, have some sex do something that you can remember.
What is the point of smoking weed because in the end you are right back where you started just a person looking to get high. When you could've actually done something wroth remembering.