I was an average kid born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1956. Average childhood. Average life. Average abuse by a stepfather.My mom became a single parent when I was 13, and we moved into a trailer park in Maryland in 1969. New friends, new school. Some of these new friends smoked pot. Wanting to be accepted, I tried it.I had been told very bad things about drugs and pot and believed them, so there was a bit of fear there. I wasn't sure what was going to happen to me, but my new friends assured me they smoked it all the …