I have smoked weed recreationally a couple of times in the past, though I never really got into it.

In my experience it’s slightly less harmful than drinking heavily, assuming that you don’t pick it up as a habit.

As a habit it’s usually a huge dampener on your potential, most stoners I’ve known ended up very annoying and slightly retarded people. You also risk getting comfortable with drugs not being that bad in general, which is a huge miscalculation.

My recommendation is to stick to the booze.