Pros And Cons Of Getting A Citation

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If I got a citation it would affect more than I would I know at the moment. Getting a citation could possibly affect my ability to get a job in the future and in this economy and the current job competition that is in the market today, I need every advantage I can get. Me saying that I need every advantage I can get and then saying that I could have possibility gotten a citation is just dumb. Getting a citation would give me a giant disadvantage to anyone competing against me in my job field. My story of smoking marijuana is, I am going to say, much different than the story of most people who smoke for the first time. Most people go through high school maybe get pressured into smoking or just think it is the cool thing to do. This is not the …show more content…

All throughout high school I was known as a goodie and I was completely fine with that, I never smoked, and I never drank alcohol just for the simple reason as to I really did not want to. I was always somewhat pressured, but people knew what kind of person I was and knew I would not budge. They knew I would not fall into the pressure that they are putting on me. Coming to college was way worse than in my high school with the usage of marijuana and I was pressured here to use marijuana even more than in high school, but I did not budge for the whole first semester until I got nudged by someone who was more than just a friend. My girlfriend smoked on occasion and I absolutely hated it and I wanted nothing more than for her to never do it again, but she persisted that I was ruining any fun she could have with her friends. We got to the point where we almost broke up because I was ruining "high school fun" and she was already losing friends as it was. Me losing her was the last thing I wanted so I took it upon myself to smoke marijuana for the first time. Trying to find someone was not hard at all, I did not have to look very far at all to find someone who could