I don't want to offend you (but probably will), but I get a very self-righteous vibe from this post. Like the business man who drinks three bottles of wine at night, but looks down on the homeless bloke with the bottle of muscat in his hand.
I also have no desire to 'excell' in life...well, at least probably not in the sense that you mean. My idea of a successful life (for want of a better word) is to treat others the way I would expect to be treated, make as minimal an impact on the planet as possible, and to respect other peoples' choices in their lives.
In my (sometimes not so humble) opinion, one excellent way to help 'The Cause' would be to join an organisation such as NORML and to start campaigning for cannabis law reform. Hey, maybe you could encourage your friends to join as well. The war against the drug war will be won by a lot of little people joining together to create a large, influencial force that government must listen to.
Cannabis law reform is not hindered by a perception that 'no-hopers', 'deadbeats', or 'losers' are the only people that smoke. It is hindered by archaic drug scheduling that puts cannabis in the same category as heroin.
That same category makes it next to impossible to carry out serious research into the medicinal benefits of cannabis for humans. If there were not so many restrictions placed upon scientists working with cannabis, we would most likely have seen much more convincing evidence of its medicinal value and most likely some serious reform to current laws.
