[ziddoap]

>You have a bunch of anecdotes where the only successful people from the same school and friend group are the ones that regularly smoked and still smoke weed?

I have a bunch of anecdotes where people I knew who regularly smoked weed throughout high school now range from successful to wildly successful.

I know a bunch of people that abstained and yet they work dead end jobs, have developed mental issues, and/or live with parents still.

Hence my conclusion that there might just be some other (more important) factors.

[ameister14]

Sure, that makes sense. If the risk of something is 1 in 10, 10 people do it, you have 9 examples of people who have no problems and 1 example of someone with an issue.

I was thinking you were saying that you had examples of people who were successful because they smoked weed, where others similarly situated were unsuccessful having not smoked it.

[ziddoap]

>I was thinking you were saying that you had examples of people who were successful because they smoked weed

No, and I'm not disputing that weed is harmful.

What I took issue with in the parent comment is that it insinuates that smoking weed is a guarantee of a shitty life. I disagree with the weight of the harm they imply.

There is a lot of other factors involved, and a lot more nuance and context to consider.