The biggest thing here is that like all drugs, not all people mix well with it. In fact I can&#x27;t name anyone I know who was academic whilst high. Most people are of the mindset that to get the most out of smoking weed you need to do something fun like a concert, beach trip, movies etc. Now that I work full time, I smoke as a release after work, never before, it really clears your mind and helps you mentally disengage from even the most stressful work. When I studied, I always preferred to smoke and get stuff done, my last semester of university was my most successful and most influenced by weed. I&#x27;ve never met anyone else who&#x27;s like this, but when you stop hanging around the people that &quot;only reference the world in relation to the drug&quot; you find it&#x27;s less acceptable to talk about it openly with most &quot;normal&quot; people. Most of the people that I tell I was high as a kite for my entire tertiary study can&#x27;t understand how I did the work and how I stayed motivated. If you can&#x27;t retain cognitive skills whilst high, don&#x27;t do it when you need to get stuff done. Several times I had to throw away my paraphernalia in order to stay on top of things, drugs are a very easy &#x27;way out&#x27; when faced with a difficult decision, task or goal. It takes a lot of mental self control and will power to succeed in any field and for some people THC does provide a way to forgot the unnecessary and focus on the important.