For a number of years I was removed from the part of society that used marijuana. As a result I did not smoke or use marijuana myself. It was until I got out of the US Air Force that I was again exposed to people who were occasional recreational users. And I would, on occasion, partake for my own recreation. After that I married and had children. As the years went by, and as each child passed through their teens, they all seemed to try marijuana and were none the worse because of it. They are all upstanding citizens today.