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.