Oh the lengths an addict will go to defend their drug of choice , until it's too late. Please, majority of people who started smoking in their teens or early 20s and continued for a decade or more are losers, MAJORITY not everyone. But that's something to consider, and yes i speak from experience. My productivity and motivation went up about 500% just 3 days after quitting pot. Also , memory recall and vocabulary improved immediately. Yes, while there's a niche with cancer patients or people who need to enhance their appetite for medicinal use, even then it's CBD that's the active ingridient not the THC that gets you mentally high.