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I had one rule in college: I would never show up for class or work drunk or high.

I also interpreted this to mean that I would not let being drunk or high prevent me from doing assignments either. It worked well for me. I smoked pot almost every day in college. My senior year, I got a job offer, and quit that day. Haven't touched the stuff since. I tried opium once, I loved the feeling that it gave me, but hated how I felt the next day. I watched a lot of people let being high become the focus of their lives. Some had problems and got high (or drunk) to escape them. Some just really enjoyed being high but were searching for a more intense feeling.