Credit: TYLER GROSS
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TYLER GROSS

Sports: Some people grow up with them, and some find them later in life.

Weed: Some people grow up with it, and some find it later in life.

I grew up among the farmland and cow pies of Eastern Washington. Soccer, tennis, and golf were my babysitter. The $50 my parents paid at the beginning of the summer for my junior golf membership was a steal compared to what they would have spent paying a neighbor to come over and play board games with me.

Weed I did not grow up with. I first smoked it when I was 20, and I coughed so much that I decided I would never try smoking it again. I suck at smoking itโ€”as I confirmed again the next time I tried. I only recently got into weed after legalization made an ever-growing variety of edibles available to me. I find I can control my high betterโ€”and more accurately determine when things are going to kick in and wind downโ€”when choosing to chew my pot.

Only recently have I gotten good at combining weed and sports.