Marijuana? I Was Desperate

And in another country

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After my first experience with Mary Jane, I avoided her at all costs. I didn’t want to throw myself off that cliff! But, twenty years later, solo again, I went on an impromptu visit to my daughter who had been living in Tokyo, Japan for 4 years.

After almost 24 hours of travelling and no sleep, I arrived at my daughter’s house in Tokyo to find she had prepared my bed on the floor! The floor was tatami and she had thrown a one-inch futon on it for “extra comfort”. I’d never been able to sleep on my back. I struggled tossing from side to side but my hip bone was digging into the floor and I could not get to sleep. I was beyond tired!

My daughter and her friend were smoking a joint on the patio. “Here mum, have some of this.” I sucked it in and was asleep in minutes. No laughter or munchies. I slept on my back for the first time in my life! I woke up the next morning feeling well-rested and refreshed. There were no cliffs in her front yard. There was no front yard. Her door opened straight onto the tiny street.

Maybe marijuana isn’t the dragon it’s made out to be?

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