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A miracle for those with chronic insomnia. I'm willing to trade dependence - and I have no doubt I'm dependent - for the ability to function during the day because I got 8 hours of sleep. But anyone who washes it down with alcohol has bigger problems.
And LeCastor, we get it, you're in law school. Mazel tov. You display the characteristic arrogance of the 1L that hasn't yet been wiped away by a bad judge, psychotic partner, opposing counsel, or just the bitterness of mucking the sewers of other peoples' problems day after day. Assuming you make it through, you'll figure out what I mean.
And the lawyers who smoke weed regularly are not, on average, particularly high functioning attorneys. You have to keep a lot of balls in the air to practice than to sit in Civ Pro and recite the holding in International Shoe. Pot has a tendency to make you a little more interested in chilling with a bag of chips and some Buffy DVDs than in preparing your client for tomorrow's settlement conference, returning the 30 messages you have to return, and writing that motion to dismiss you've been putting off.
At least the Ambien lets me work the other 16 hours a day, which is what it takes sometimes.
