How do you know it *makes* you dropout and not simply a drug heavily abused by dropouts?
I’m my high school, nearly all the top boys in my class would smoke after school pretty much daily. They were simply smart enough to hide it. Today they are business owners, doctors, engineers, etc and some still smoke on special occasions.
It’s just not something professionals are open about with everyone due to the negative perception many people (especially older) still have of cannabis. Thankfully that is changing and you will soon see people at the highest levels can appreciate cannabis and still be extremely capable and successful.
In fact, it helps some anxious/overactive individuals calm down and focus better on their daily tasks. For some people, far more effectively than many offerings by big pharma.
You've got your anecdotes, I've got mine. Weed is just not something I'd like to see youngsters gravitating to, especially as they rationalize the practice when they "see people at the highest levels can appreciate cannabis..."
Kids are highly impressionable and we're losing them.
—”How do you know it *makes* you dropout and not simply a drug heavily abused by dropouts?”
A nice bit of sophistry.