I am a self-admitted marijauna smoker, and I'm actually quite proud about it.  I even speak freely of it to people because I am in no way ashamed of it.  I have always been able to hold jobs, I have never mistreated anybody in my life and I am incredibly accepting of anybody I meet.  Marijuana has in no way negatively effected my life in any sense.  I have seen someone change their opinion of me completely in seconds just by finding out that I smoke marijuana-- before they had known, to them I was a great person and a good friend.  The stigma that follows marijuana is often over played and over-exaggerated.

What people see when they think about marijuana smokers:

The actual truth:

That is me, high.  I'm not out wandering the streets in a stupor, running over children and being violent to strangers.  I'm at home, sitting at my computer, watching a movie.  The other day a few friends and I got high and we were up until 3 a.m. watching TV, just having a good time.

One thing I feel I should is that I do not drink alcohol.  I never developed the taste and there's a stark contrast between a drunk person and a high person.  I have been pressured more times in my life to drink than to smoke, but I've rarely given in because it simply does not appeal to me. 

My rant is now over.  I've wanted a way to express this for some time but never had the place to do it until now.  I don't encourage the act of smoking marijuana and I don't suggest it to anybody but if you're curious, truly curious, then try it.  Form your opinion based on experience =)