Posting Assignment #3 (due Sunday 10/2, 11:59 P.M.; comment by 11:59 Monday, 10/3) Body Practices in Everyday Life

Find an example of a body practice from your everyday life (things you do or people around you do, images of bodies and practices and so on). Describe it (if it's an image, post the image, if it's a video, link to it) and explain what it does and how it does it.  Think: 'rhetoric'—how culture 'argues' us into subjectivity. Write in terms of our work, of course; things like: intelligible bodies, body practices, docile bodies, choice / agency (Leppert, 212-13; 243), 'pursuit(s) without a terminus' (Bordo, 166), constitutive power, 'other-oriented emotional economy' (Bordo, 171), praxis, and so on. 

So mom, you've always told me marijuana was bad for me, but you've never told me why. In the article "Becoming a Marijuana User" by Howard Becker, Becker states that marijuana is a source of pleasure just like how you find eating strawberries soothing. Howard Becker states that our culture brought up marijuana therefore it is part of our culture. Marijuana has become a social construction, where it is so common why deny it? Many non-pot users feel that marijuana is a negative form of body practice. However they don't realize that it is thier own sub-culture that believes that. What they see as negtive is positive to others. So we have to keep an open mind and look at things from all directions not just from the front. I really didn't get it until I've noticed it myself, where a body practice can change a perspective on someone. I used to meet people that were, "legit cool", I would get along with them early and often, then they would pop the question. "Do you smoke weed?" I would always say no and they would not mind, but in my head it would always linger and I would never see them the same again. However my perspective has change and I've learned to accept people and thier sub cultures. So there goes my rant on how pot and normality fits together.

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I agree that celebrities, and women in general for that matter, can never be perfect in the public eye. Magazines will have a picture of a celebrity saying “Is She Pregnant?” then two months later use the same picture to say that she looked better then than she does now, after losing weight. When women, teens, and even young girls read these magazines, these ideals are burned into their heads. Their figures will never be good enough for everyone. I don’t think that any woman can honestly say that they are completely happy with the way they look. Skinny girls wish they had more curves. Curvy girls wish they were skinnier. I believe that it goes farther than weight though. Tall girls wish they were shorter, short girls wish they were tall. Blondes want to be brunettes, brunettes want to be redheads. Girls with straight hair get perms, and girls with curly hair straighten it every day. The media that girls are surrounded with everyday doesn’t allow us to be confident in our looks. We could always lose weight here, or try this makeup, or dye our hair this color. Because of the social culture we are surrounded by, women will never be satisfied with their appearances.

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So this is a comment on the From "Kiss my fat ass!" to "Tyra's diet secrets revealed!" post but I can’t figure out how to open the comment window for some strange reason. Probably because technology is trying to kill me via frustration. Anyways….

I think that Riley makes some very good points in this blog post. In a textual analysis class I took through the English department discussed a similar issue. We talked about the need for campaigns such as “big is beautiful” Such a statement would not need to exist unless there had previously been an argument as to the opposite. No one would ever need to point out that “big is beautiful” unless someone else has told you that it is ugly. It is no wonder that there is such confusion surrounding body image and that the need exists to ask “what exactly is real beauty anyways?” I was clicking through the dove makeover campaign videos on YouTube when I came across this> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJx-UOYA6Qo&feature=related Photoshop video concerning celebrities. It floored me that the people that most would already consider gorgeous had to be reshaped and modified. The rounding and sculpting in the stomach area in some of the photos is incredibly noticeable. This video caused me a raise questions about the reality of the millions of pictures we are subjected to everyday. How are we to be expected to conform to the media’s definition of beauty if our mirrors do not come equipped with Photoshop?

From "Kiss my fat ass!" to "Tyra's diet secrets revealed!"

In the summer of 2008, Tyra Banks did an episode of her talk show in which she told critics, paparazzi, and anyone putting others down for their weight "Kiss my fat ass!" in response to an unflattering picture taken of her on the beach. She continued to tell everyone how proud she was of her body throughout the season. A year later, however, she did an episode talking about her weight-loss journey and all of her diet and exercise tips. Many magazines will showcase a curvy woman on their cover, yet once you get a few pages into the magazine you are bombarded with ads featuring thin women and diet and exercise techniques. You will also most likely find a story about how so-and-so "lost 100 pounds!" and then a little further you will see another article proclaiming that "big is beautiful". Once you learn to read all of the different types of signs that the media sends you, you may think that the media is just a bipolar hypocrite.

Or it may be that the media is saying "It's alright that you look like this... But you should really try to look like this." During the mid to late 50s and early 60s there were two different women that were idolized by the public, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn. Marilyn showed that curvy women are sexy, but it is very likely that most of the women from that era would prefer to have a body similar to Audrey's. Media forces you to take a position. Either "big is beautiful" or "thin is in".

In Susan Bordo's article she writes, "...female bodies become docile bodies-- bodies whose forces and energies are habituated to external regulation, subjection, transformation, "improvement"." If a person is bigger they may claim to think that curvy women are sexy, but they most likely strive to be thin like the models in fashion magazines. If a person is thinner they may strive to have curves like the women in Playboy so that men will think they are sexually attractive. Bordo writes, "Through these disciplines, we continue to memorize on our bodies the feel and conviction of lack, of insufficiency, of never being good enough."

Becoming a Pot Smoker

In class, we read an article called “Becoming a Marihuana User”, by Howard S. Becker. This article teaches readers how to become a pot smoker. Apparently, there is more to being a pot smoker than just smoking pot. There is a complex social structure that comes with it. Being a pot head is the result of a series of social experiences, such as learning how to properly smoke, and learning to enjoy being high. In the article, Becker explains that most pot users that he interviewed reported that they did not get high the first time they smoked. The article explained that many of the people who didn’t get high the first time didn’t smoke again, because they didn’t enjoy it. Others, after learning how to properly smoke, stop because they dislike the feeling of being high. Still others learn how to enjoy the feeling of being high, and therefore become pot users. The article also explained that users do not become addicted to the drug; they become ‘addicted’ to the feeling of being high. Users also become ‘addicted’ to the community and friendship that comes with using marijuana. After reading this article, I realized that those kids from high school, that always seemed to be high, or looking to get high, weren’t actually addicted to the pot, but to the feeling of being high, and the sense of community it provided. They do enjoy the feeling of being high, but what really keeps them coming back is the friendship and the bonds that are made while getting high. Without being around others who smoke pot, no one would want to become a pot smoker, or even know how to properly smoke. For the people who were lucky enough to learn to properly smoke, and enjoy the feeling, there is absolutely nothing wrong with smoking pot and getting high. It is what they have become accustom to; it is part of their culture.

On Culture and Weed

Howard Becker took on a brave enterprise when he explained how the body functions on marihuana. I will attempt to do the same with my mother as the audience in mind. One of Becker’s main points in his article was that pot heads are not born, they are made. To me this sounds like he is on the side of nurture rather than nature in this issue. They are made though what we call “social construction.” The way I understand social construction is that without the “culture” or social atmosphere that surrounds that activity of smoking weed, the drug would not have as noticeable effect on the body. Someone must first somehow learn to enjoy smoking pot either by being taught or through observation. Not only must they learn to smoke it correctly, they must also be taught to recognize that the effect the drug has on their body is indeed desirable and pleasing. Many pot smokers in Becker’s study reported that at first, they did not understand what they were supposed to feel like while high. One smoker even needed a friend to tell him what to expect for him to feel anything at all. To me this suggests that the high feeling that people experience is all made up in their mind or created from social expectations.

Another issue surrounding pot smoking that we discussed in class is whether pot was addictive or not. Some students suggested that it was but not from the drug itself, instead it was the social experience that goes with the act of getting high that was so addicting. Smoking in a group will give a sense of belonging and companionship. In this way pot smoking may fall into the category of a “psychopharmlogical” drug, meaning that the effects may be more mental than physical.

It seems to me that Becker is arguing us to take a position on whether we believe that our body can shape our politics. Is pot more appealing to a certain type of person or does it matter more if your friends are users that will ultimately determine whether you will join the ranks of the pot heads. On a personal note, I myself have never smoked pot. I find it interesting to note that no one in my close circle of friends has habitually smoked either. These two facts do not seem unrelated to me. Maybe if I had friends that were users I myself would be more likely to try smoking as well. Who we associate with seems to have a large effect on how we are socially constructed.

The culture of weed

Becker talks about getting into the culture of weed-smoking people, but i honestly think it's more of a sub-culture for most people. Sure it could be a culture for those self-proclaimed "stoners" but for the rest of us it's not what defines our lives. He makes smoking weed a process that is worked into, step by step, as opposed to one day you don't, the next you do. A lot of people don't get high the first time they smoke and with good reason. Maybe it's because it just chemically doesn't effect their bodies but then again they wouldn't know if they were high whether they felt it or not. It's difficult to answer a question like "Are you high?" if you don't know what "high" feels like. After a couple times you start to feel it, and either like it or don't. A kid in the dorms last year took two hits for the first time and proceeded to puke his brains out for about an hour. Not for everyone. One of the first couple times that I did it, i finally felt it real good and experienced the "geek-out" that I had heard my buddies talking about. It's just a whole new experience and if you don't look at it positively than you won't enjoy it. Becker sees that and lays it out such that you take the symptoms as they come, if you don't like how they make you feel then stop smoking. It's kind of a surreal experience.

Some signs Becker mentions are munching out or laughing hysterically and that's what a lot of people look into weed smoking as. If you ask a non-smoker what they think when they hear about people smoking, they talk about people giggling at stupid shit and chowing down a bag of doritos. Granted it's accurate sometimes but that is the poster child of marijuana, munchies and giggling, with the obvious red-eye. Why do we eat though? Does it trigger something in our brain? Or is it just because secretly we always want to just eat a disgusting amount of food all the time and we don't give a shit when we're high? Regardless the bowl of ice cream, 2 bags of popcorn, and 15 fruit snacks can be seen as signs of the pot-smoking culture. People more frequent in their smoking habits start to socially construct their life to fit in this aspect of weed. Wake up in the morning and pack a bowl before work or plan to go grab a bag on your lunch break rather than eating.

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Culture through pot

When Becker is talking about becoming a pot smoker he is really explaining how humans become the humans become. He explains that pot smokers do not smoke pot by simply putting a chemical into their bodies, it is a ritual that has to be learned and practiced. This may not be as easy to see with pot as with other drugs, but one perfect example that I have seen is from an episode of the show Taboo. They were profiling a church in the jungles of South America that ritually uses some cactus-based hallucinogen as a spiritual aid. They give it to everyone of all ages, even infants. To us this seems like a horrible idea, but they are not "drug users" as we see them. None are addicts, none are unhealthy, this is normal as communion wine to them. I think this really shows that drug cultures, and all cultures, are social constructions. Pot smokers don't wear tie-die shirts and cargo pants because the drug tells them to. They don't smoke out of 6 foot high glass pipes because it makes the THC absorb more. They do it because that is what they do. That's what they learned how to do.

Hooked on a Feeling

How do we, as human beings, become addicted? How do our bodies play into our social behaviors? A cigarette, for example, has nicotine, which our bodies will physically crave. Opium, whether it is in the form of painkillers or heroin can have addictive qualities as well, but marijuana doesn’t have the physical component that makes it addictive. So, why do potheads exist? Repeat pot smokers, according to Becker, need to be introduced not only to the drug, but the proper social circumstances when they initially try it. There is a certain expectation already set up when a person tries pot, especially in a social situation. The experience is social construction, it is the atmosphere around you that really gives you the good feeling and the act of smoking the marijuana is just a vehicle to get to that good feeling.

One of the main points that Becker seems to be getting to is that the body and mind are somehow connected. (Imagine that!) So, if your mind is having a good time, for instance, you are chilling with your pals, shooting the shit, and just having a good time, your body is going to react to that. As a subject, it is always a possibility to be shaped by the object, in this case marijuana is the object (whether it is a bong, a joint, or however else you use it) and it is shaping how your body reacts in that situation. To take another example, going out to the bar for the first time with your friends can determine whether you will come back. (Being under the influence of alcohol can be really fun or downright terrifying, it all depends on your surroundings.) If you go to the bar with your friends and you drink and have a good time you are far more likely to go back and do it all again than if you went out, got trashed, had a miserable time, and woke up with a nasty hangover, you might think twice before coming back. Your body practices are shaped by your social practices to the point where you can have physical reactions (pleasurable or painful) to the circumstances or an object. It is entirely logical for your body to make associations with what it finds pleasurable or painful so the next time you encounter something associated with a pleasurable experience your body knows what to expect.

"I didn’t just become a pot head mom..."

I didn’t just become a pot head mom; I actually went through a process of social check points to come to the conclusion that it was socially acceptable. A professor from University of Illinois named Howard Becker actually did a study of the social process of smoking pot, and according to him not just everyone can be a pot head. He first explains to us that any given behavior in an individual is a result of social experiences in which a person determines the meaning of the behavior, and makes a judgment on whether or not that behavior is acceptable. So we are in essence, a spitting image of what experiences we have encountered, both ones that we have turned away and accepted. Now, much like everything else there is an initial exposure to the drug, also known as being a “noob”. Becker explains that during this time one gets offered to try the drug, and in his study of fifty different “users” most of them explained that first time users don’t get high, or don’t feel the effects from of drug. This could be because of ignorance on how to smoke weed or amount smoked. And even after the first stage a lot of people depending of their level of expectation combined with their results will either pursue the drug again or decide it’s not acceptable. He also encountered individuals who had smoked the drug, but were not able to identify the effects of the drug. This could be due to a certain amount of anticipation or expectancy of desired effects. This brings us to the next social stage; one has to be able to identify the drug with the neurological and physical effects. Many may not feel it because they expect something different, or some may amplify it and have a psycho schematic high which gets really weird. That’s never happened to me though. And last thing mom, you have to be able to enjoy the desired effects of the high, which I guess you either failed or didn’t reach. Only After this whole social process, can one be labeled a “pot smoker”. Of course there are different variations to pot users, ones who have different views on what’s acceptable and what’s not. And it’s the latter point that I believe actually determines a “pot head” from a “pot user”.

Homogenizing self modification

It is a power struggle. Man vs. Woman. But not at the surface. On the surface most see skinny, voluptuous, blonde women who look like they are confident in themselves. The true fact behind that façade of confidence is that she is anorexic or bulimic and hopes that she doesn’t look too fat in her stylish new dress or that she doesn’t have a muffin top, etc, you get the picture. This discipline of women having to be skinny to be good looking or even considered to be “ripe pickings” for reproductive uses is absurd.

How did this persona come to be? This social construction, as it were, is from the movies, the magazines, the billboards, the signs that portray women as objects of sexuality and perfection. The average teenager sees these signs and links them to getting a boyfriend or just being happy. Susan Bordo in her article Unbearable Weight Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body explains that this “ideal” woman stems from disorders that degrade the body in wrongful processes. But also that women partook in these disorders was due to the lack of confidence, ironically the same confidence that women overly try to emanate. The power struggle ignites the insecurity that fuels women. I agree with Bordo that “we must first abandon the idea of power as something possessed by one group and leveled against another; we must instead think of the network of practices, institutions, and technologies that sustain positions of dominance and subordination in a particular domain”. If the gender role was eliminated entirely women’s confidence would have room to bloom. Also, I find it interesting that this lack of confidence is almost always produced from within. The woman takes a situation and mutates it, and from there makes the assumption that she is fat, [of course this is not always the case]. These anxieties are like poison.

Bordo says it best, that “memorize on our bodies the feel and conviction of lack, of insufficiency, of never being good enough”, this self modification through social constructions, will ultimately lead to “utter demoralization, debilitation, and death”. Women need to stop with this foolishness of “oh I’m never going to be good enough for you unless I’m as skinny as a rail” pretense and be confident in who they are, and what that they are, otherwise it will kill them.

"Pass the Dutchie On the Left Hand Side"

In Howard Becker's "Becoming a Marihuana User" we were told we only needed to accomplish three things if we want to smoke marijuana enjoyably: 1. learn to smoke it in a way that will produce real effects. 2. learn to recognize the effects and connect with drug use. 3. learn to enjoy the sensations one perceives. Overall, this piece seemed to be a basic "how to get high" article. Throughout the article Howard Becker made some valid points in relation to smoking marijuana (first time pot users, heavy users, learning techniques, etc.). Through these examples, and explanations from Becker, we see how social construction and forms of subculture, maybe even counter-culture, can allude to this illicit drug.

From Becker's article we can see shapes of social construction being played out through the techniques he describes first time users enduring. While most of the first time users, according to Becker, usually don't get high their first time, they are taught how to correctly smoke the marijuana to feel its true effects. These techniques are passed down from veteran pot smokers, and learned by many. In this situation we see the amateur pot smokers being taught a new form of behavior in which the will only build upon based on whether or not they decide to keep indulging in marijuana. Becker describes in some situations how smokers new to the effects of marijuana may 'freak out' and not be able to handle the high. Like teaching a student, the veterans coach the newbies through the high; only as to tell the to 'enjoy the journey.' If this behavior continues with the new smoker, then he/she too will maybe one day be coaching someone else through their first high. The cylce of construction continues: the first time smoking, smoking with friends, smoking before activites, wake n' bake, passing the dutchie on the left hand side; this is all being constructed and the new smokers are taking it all in.

Aside from the social construction that comes along with smoking marijuana, we can see in this article how the now pot users have become a subculture in society. I believe some 42% of Americans have tried marijuana, and while that number is most likely lower for continuous users, the percentage is still up there. This percentage falls in with any other subculture in the U.S.: punk, goth, hippie, new age, urban, skater, rocker, etc. This category almost ties in with social construction. While the new smokers are learning to smoke pot and get high, they are involving themselves in this subculture of America; stoners, potheads, burnouts, what have you. While seen as a subculture by someone like me, to many others these people are considered to be a counterculture. Personally I don't see it to be this way. To some, the subculture is viewed as irresponsible, rebels against authority, and a waste of youth; I say we let them practice what they believe. Instead of thinking a revolt is coming from them, maybe it's time to sit back and think; maybe these guys just want to get high...

Bordo & a 16 year old

In the article regarding females and femininity, Susan Bordo provides perspectives I had yet to consider when reading sufferers of anorexia nervosa. Bordo argues the anorectics’ political standpoint “that female hunger – for public power, for independence, for sexual gratification – be contained, and the public space that women be allowed to take up be circumscribed, limited.” Accordingly, even if the anorectic is unaware she is making this standpoint, choosing to deny her appetite and allowing her body size to shrink only exaggerates the difference in size between herself and male counterparts. The men appear large and powerful, the woman frail and powerless. Sufferers of the disorder feel their culture disapproves of their hunger and forces them to make transformations to reach an unobtainable (and frankly nonexistent) perfection.

I have a subject. A high school friend – a bubbly spirit with (apparently) a large waistband – that fell into anorexia. My friend’s transformation (destruction) must have begun the summer after our freshman year together. The first day of school people were glad to see her look so healthy and happy, but within weeks she removed herself from social circles, delved in school work, and filled any open time with volunteering. She slipped away from us all as her body size AND personality vanished. Bordo wrote that “at school the anorectic discovers that her steadily shrinking body is admired … for the strength of will and self-control it projects.” This was true. My friend had these strange body practices – she would eat only an apple at lunch, for example, but would cut each slice only three millimeters thick or so to make it last. Girls would call the dainty apple wedges “cute” but by this point, everyone was in a position where they knew there was an underlying issue. Bordo also writes that “we continue to memorize on our bodies the feel and conviction of lack, of insufficiency, of never being good enough." My friend's docile body fought for objects: the highest grade in the class, the prettiest clothes out of our friends, the cutest haircut, the most time spent volunteering…anything to push her to a delicate and socially constructed “perfection”.

Being Feminine

     In the very beginning of her essay, Susan Bordo says, "through table manners and toilet habits, through seemingly trivial routines, rules, and practices culture is 'made body'." For me, this statement wraps up the last couple lectures in class very nicely. Everything we do, from eating dinner to going to the bathroom is influenced in some way by our culture. All subjects (us) have bodies that perfectly reflect the culture we have grown up with and adapted to. We as women take positions on how we view and adapt to culture. Bordo focuses on three serious diseases that our culture has made very popular among women; hysteria, agoraphobia, and anorexia. It is extremely interesting to me how these three diseases reflect what it was to be feminine in their own time period.

     First was hysteria. According to Bordo, in the nineteenth century an ideal woman was to be delicate and dreamy and capricious emotionally. Hysteria reflected this ideal as it caused unmanageable emotional excesses, loss of self control, and even not listening to ones husband. It is very interesting that in literature, the word hysteria was used interchangeably with feminine. This disease reaffirms the cultural idea in this time period that women were inferior to men.

     The next is agoraphobia, which is the morbid fear of panicking in a situation that is difficult to escape. Suffers had a hard time feeling safe in public, especially in places like elevators and trains. Agoraphobia was diagnosed heavily in the 1950's and 1960's. In this time period, an ideal woman was a housewife. She stayed at home and was responsible for the domestic issues.  Bordo says a career woman was a dirty word. With agoraphobia, a woman was afraid to step outside her house, but this was exactly how the culture said it was supposed to be.

  
      Finally, the present disease that is the easiest for me to read is anorexia. Culture today urges women that being thin is a must. We see thin women on television, in movies, on magazine covers, in basically any type of mainstream media. Current fashion trends are made to fit thin women, like skinny jeans. In today's world, women are educated, obtaining important positions alongside men. We are encouraged to be as powerful as men. Being powerful is being in control, and it is believed by many women that anorexia is a way of being in control of their body. In this example, the discipline of not eating perfectly reflects our culture, and our culture is reflected in women's bodies.

     After analyzing all these diseases that have affected women, it is also interesting to note that they were not limited to a certain race, class, religion, or however else one is able to classify a sub-culture. Feminism is inter-textual. It is seen affecting women over and over again throughout many centuries. I hope some day society can reach a point where a woman does not need to conform to these ideals. A woman should be an individual, without pressure from society telling her how to act and live her life dangerously.

Frigid Women

In "The body and the reproduction of femininity" by Susan Bordo, she talks about some interesting facts that I had never really thought of before, one having to deal with social construction. She uses different diseases that are mainly associated with women and says that they had these diseases because they wanted to be seen as the perfect woman. When woman had anorexia nervosa, they would be giving the food that should have been for them to their children or husband, they would stop talking, and eventually they would lose so much weight they seemed to just whither away. They thought that this was a perfect solution seeing as if they weighed less, then they would be out of the way for everyone else in the house which in turn would make them happy. Also if being able to not talk would mean that they would have no reason to be yelled at for doing something wrong. The obvious subject is the women during this time that shaped what a woman should be as in this time in history. The type of woman to come out of this certain culture were those who seemed “impressionable, suggestible, and narcissistic…their moods changing suddenly, dramatically, and for seemingly inconsequential reasons….essentially asexual and not uncommonly frigid”. This unfortunately become the way a lot of the women behaved at this point in time. Who knows why this seemed like the way to attracted members of the opposite sex, but apparently it worked for the male species. One thing for sure is that I am glad today women can be who they want to be and there is no “correct” way women have to be.

What I get in the pot

We read an article named “Becoming a Marihuana User” written by Howard Becker in 1950’s during this week. In his article, he illustrates how a person becomes a marijuana user or a pot smoker, which in my view equals to how addictive a behavior can become. But before that, we learn about something with culture but more specific which we call it subculture. According to the article, people who consist in this subculture are usually marijuana smokers. They may come from different backgrounds but they share something in common, which means they smoke marijuana, that is to say, they may belong to different cultures while they make a culture of their own, a subculture.

In such situation, smoking pot is socially constructed as an important part of this subculture and it is made what it is to the specific subjects. Members of this subculture play the roles as subjects. There are a lot of pot smokers who were interviewed to provide some information inside the culture, who act as “insider guides” to help newcomers to construct the way for him to get into this subculture.

To get into this subculture, which means to become a marihuana user, the first thing one needs to know is how to smoke it. Second, he or she has to be taught what a “high” feels like and how to get high. And then, one has to enjoy the feeling of being high and share it with his or her “Friends”, which stands for a “positive experience”. The choices here are really obvious: Love it or drop it.

It reminds me that there was once upon a time one of my friend got into smoking and I was astonished about that because that is evil to smoke from my view during that time. I cannot understand it at all until someday he told me that what he enjoyed is not the smoking things but the people and the atmosphere. Just like what it is said in the article, maybe the marijuana is not addictive, what is addictive to the person is the people he or she smokes with and the feeling of sharing it.

One more thing that strikes me during my reading is that I easily take a position against marijuana smokers without even noticing it by myself. Just like what I said before, I think smoking is evil because of what I was taught during childhood. I am against marijuana use since I think it is similar with drug use or smoking things and that is a position taking underground. Maybe it always happens without any precaution.