Chip: good for you. I am happy for you and your courage is impressive.

I smoke pot. Not every day, not even every week, it varies, but fairly frequently.

I am a productive member of society; very creative (and I believe this is enhanced by smoking pot, as many other creative people do), rather good at my various jobs, and judging by the comments of some kind Mudcatters lately, it has not harmed my singing voice one whit.

It really makes very little sense to classify marijuana in the same category as other so-called "recreational" drugs like heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, crystal meth, horse tranque, Quaaludes, etc.