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I'm only in 10th grade right now but I figure this is the place to ask, since....you know, there's doctors. Anyway, I really enjoy drugs, and all of my friends do smoke and stuff, but I wanna be a doctor. I told my friends about this, and none of them are very supportive, they say quitting drugs would be lame. The movie Requiem For A Dream really made me think about my life, and I think it helped me. I now have ambitions, and a dream/goal of being an internist (I'm pretty sure that's what they call doctors of internal medicine, correct me if I'm wrong please). I think though, out of all my friends, I've always been one of the few who still (somehow) does good academically.
Some people say weed rots your memory, and some say it doesn't. I think I'm beginning to feel my short term memory slipping a bit: sometimes I'll completely forget what I was thinking of a second earlier. I figure, you people have experience in medicine, and I know there must have been SOMEONE who either knew someone on drugs or was on drugs.
Anyway, my question here is: would it be necessary to quit drugs to pursue med school/ any career in medicine? I ask this expecting the answer to be yes.
BTW sorry if this is in the wrong section, but it doesn't go any lower than Pre-Meds.
First off, I'm assuming your talking about weed. If you are, what kind of pothead calls it "drugs"? Anyway, ganja virgins (read: 99% of the people on this board) will tell you you have to quit. Not true. Just don't let your recreational drug use get in the way of your studies. Bottom line: its the grades (and MCATs) that matter. If you can be a pothead, get the grades, and be happy doing it, do it up (I have for years). Good luck.