Say No to Drugs

Hello beautiful people!

Good morning here, hope you're good doing fine? The weather here at night has been so friendly with coolness because of constant rain and that's the kinda of season I love so much.

I have a fictional story to share about "weed".

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Hey! I don't mean "grass on farmland" weed. The weed here is refered to as marijuana🚬(drugs)

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I had just moved out of my parents house
and was sharing a room with my "friend". I had no idea he smoked weed, despite his suspicious movements and signature weed scent(or is that odour?). Barely two weeks after moving in with him, my worst fears were confirmed as he started bringing home his weed smoking buddies and they would Occassionally roll a wrap and smoke it right there in the room or mix the weed with beans or spagehtti.

Being a very curious person I always wondered what made them happy after smoking, so I decided to find out for myself(wrong move🧘). It was a very hot day in february, a saturday I think it was, my friend was out as usual. I searched
everywhere for his stash but couldn't find it so I decided to go and Get mine.

I arrived the weed joint all sweaty and nervous, half expecting to get muged but nobody seemed to be aware of my presence there, they were all on different planets expect one and I concluded that he must be the seller, so I approached him and the following conversation ensued:

Me: how far(How are you)?
Weed seller: I dey(I'm good)
Me: i wan buy weed(I want to buy weed)
Weed seller: how many parcel?
Me: parcel keh? Yeeey!, I just need small
Weed seller: *laughs really hard* You must be a learner.

Apparently, a parcel of weed is that small wrap, I didn't know that. I thought it was something very large. I gave him N1,000($2) and he gave me a tiny wrap
of weed with a white paper, I was suprised when he gave me N950($1.95) as change. I couldn't beleive weed was that cheap.

On my way home, I decided not to smoke it but mix it with beans because I thought that it will be better that way (another wrong move🧘).

Long story short, I cooked beans and added the whole weed, ate it and called my friend, I told him "Bro I just ate weed oo and nothing happened to me this one that you people will eat and be feeling funky, iIdon chop am oo!". My friend was like "Hmmm you are a strong man oo"

• It has happened!

I decided to take a quick nap before doing laundry, I woke up about 20 minutes later on the floor I was banging my head on the floor, and I couldn't stop, my heart beat was so audible and fast, everything was extrabright and extra loud.
After a few minutes of head banging, I was able to get up from the floor, I felt as if I had just gained access to a part of my mind that I never knew existed previously, it was scary and cool at the same time. I could feel the blood flowing in my veins(you have to experience it to believe it. Though I strongly advise against it🧐), I felt so uncomfortable in the room, it felt like I was in an oven, suddenly a voice in my head whispered "Hey off your clothes", I obeyed.

The voice came again "Oya now run", that was when I realised that the weed had taken effect so I decided to take a shower to see if it will calm me down, but the water felt so hot on my skin, so hot I ran out of the bathroom.

I called my friend to see if he could help me make sense of what was going on but he laughed at me, he asked me the quantity of weed I took and I told him I
used a whole parcel, he said "guyyyyy b you have f*cked up, if you don't sleep in the next 30mins, you will run mad oo, go to a chemist shop so you could explain yourself".

By this time things had escalated, I had a severe itch at the back of my head that wouldn't go away no matter how hard I scratched and I was convinced that the
beating in my chest was an evil spirit that could only be killed with a punch. I ran to my neighbour Ezekiel and told him to please punch me in the chest, telling him that if he doesn't, then I'll die. He hissed and walked out having had enough of such nonsense from the boys in the boys quarters.
The voice in my head came again "why don't you punch yourself in the chest or do you want to die?", I punched and punched but there was no difference.

The house was getting hotter, the voice in my head was getting louder, the itch in my head was getting worse, and the evil spirit in my chest was getting louder.

Then came the voice again "start running", so I started running but on getting outside in the sun, I felt so cold I was shivering but that didn't stopped me from running(I would have given Husain bolt a run for his money on that day).🤣

On getting to the chemist, I realised I was bare footed, I told him I had a severe headache I needed something
to make me sleep immediately, he gave me the drug and I chewed it right there in his presence, next I asked him to give me a drug for evil spirit🤣🤣, that was when he realised something was wrong with me and chased me out.

I got back home and tried to sleep but my
heart beat wouldnt let me, so I ran back out this time around to a nurse in the area, first thing she asked was "why don't you have your shoes on?" I told her
Jackie Chan collected my shoes🤓. I was finally able to explain my situation to her and she took me in, tied something around my elbow and injected me directly in the vein. I passed out
immediately only to wake around 1am or 2am in the middle of the night with the worst kind of hunger I have ever felt in my life.

I ate a whole loaf of butter field bread in one sitting without butter or tea. I came home to a hero's welcome, my friend told
me that it's like my head didn't withstand the manifestation but I'd be able to master it if I continue to practice.

The following day while the house was empty, I packed my "Ghana must go Bag" and like the prodigal son in the bible I went back home to my parents.

It's been a few years since that experience but the lesson I learnt is an unforgettable one. My curiosity hasn't gotten me in trouble again and my circle of friends have since changed.

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This is what we call learning lessons the hard way. I know a lot of people that entered into full time street madness because they decided to give weed a try.

Say No to Drugs!

Thanks for reading

20th April 2022