[b]Jack_Ripper wrote:[/b] [quote]Why would you remove your \"brother\" from a pedestal just because he smokes marijuana? And furthermore, why would his advice now be somehow invalid just because you know he smokes marijuana? Is all the advice he has given you before no longer good or useful, since he could have been using marijuana when he gave you that advice as well. Seems rather silly if you ask me.[/quote] It\'s not that I hold his advice invalid now. I never once mentioned that he ever gave me solid advice. I looked up to him. In my head I made him out to be someone who could do no wrong. I know that it\'s a stupid thing to do, but I still am really let down. I can\'t handle him offering me the pot. It felt like a punch to the gut. [b]NinjaUnicorn wrote:[/b] [quote]I\'ve seen drugs affect people so negatively that it just tears their lives apart. [/quote] Unfortunately I have seen similar things as well. Many people in my family have addictions that have spiraled out of control in the past few years.