Why I don't like Marijuana

We were walking home from school, like little dating highschoolers do. Holding hands, flirting, and joking. But...Josh wanted to go to Justin's.
"Come, on just this once at Justin's, I promise it will be the last time."
I got irritated that he brought up the subject again. "You know how I feel about that stuff. Why? Why would you want to do that stuff? Just because it calms you down? It makes you stupid!"
He hung his head in defeat. Which made me feel guilty for getting irritated.
"Hey, it's okay. Go to Justin's, hang out with him, just don't smoke, okay? I'll probably hang out with Adrianna and Tyler anyways."
Feeling in a better mood because Josh seemed okay with it, I gave him a kiss goodbye and we parted our ways. Him for his house, and I headed to Adrianna's.
Later on, I was walking with Adrianna and Tyler down the street, taking pictures, laughing, and in general having a good time. Tyler had texted Josh, and Josh said he was just sitting with Justin and Zak at Justin's. Okay, cool. Thought we'd give them a little surprise visit. Tyler said to me, "What if Josh got high?"
"I don't think so. Well I hope he wouldn't get high. I'm not going to let him ditch me for it anymore, that's for sure." But something in the back of my head told me that he was probably high.
When we reached the house, the three of us stood on the doorstep and I knocked on the door. Josh answered. High as fuck. There was no question about it. How many times was he going to do this behind my back? How many times was he going to say he wanted to hang out but ended up smokin it up instead? I didn't even say a word. I turned and the walked away from him crying before I'd even taken two steps. Adrianna ran after me, the sweet heart.
"It's okay. Hey, Becki. We'll make him cupcakes. And spit in them. And put meat in them." I giggled a little bit as the tears fell and then Josh came up to try to talk to me. What bravery, to approach me in the state I was in. Or maybe he was just stupid and high as fuck.
"What the FUCK?" It was the first thing that popped in my head.
"Becki...I got a little contact high. But I didn't smoke anything, I swear."
"Bull fucking shit, Josh. You can barely look me in the eyes! You're gonna fucking fall over! Look at me. Look at me. I can't believe you. I can't believe you would do this to me, again. Just...don't talk to me right now."
He couldn't talk to me, in fact. Between himself and two other people he'd smoked five bowls and a joint. He was done. Before I even finished my last sentence, he had curled up on the ground. Angry tears burned down my cheeks. Adrianna put her arms around me and said, "Why don't you and Tyler go up to his house and grab something to eat? We'll head up to my house later, you look like you could use a shot of whiskey. But I'm going to stay behind for a second and have...a word with Josh."
I just nodded and Tyler and I headed up to his house.
The next day was yearbook day at high school. I didn't expect to see him there, but I did. He looked excited to see me until he saw the look on my face. I pulled him aside to a semi-empty hallway to talk to him. I don't remember a lot of what I said. There were more angry tears, 'it's over' was in there somewhere along with, 'I hope you stay away from all girls because none of them deserve to be treated the way you treated me'. I do remember that sentence. He begged, said he loved me, but he'd broken my heart too many times, and ditched me for a drug too many times.

This was a long time ago. Sixteen years old, first boyfriend, longest boyfriend, and first heartbreak.
The first heartbreak has got to happen sometime, right?
It's one of the worst memories I have of Josh, but one of the best I have of Tyler and Adrianna for being great friends when I was hurting. No, Adrianna did not beat up Josh, but she did tell me that he seemed to sober up quick when he got an earful from her.
There are other reasons why I hate marijuana, but those are different stories.
If you wanna keep your lady or your man...don't choose a drug over them. Just a little advice for you. :)