Selling Addiction

Ever since grade five my father would drive me to my tutor's office three times a week. I would always make sure to get there early so that I could sneak to Second Cup to get a coffee. The habit continued and my love for coffee grew and grew. In grade 9 I was sent to boarding school and began smoking cigarettes.

Caffeine is an addiction, nicotine is an addiction. But you don't get carded for buying coffee.

In grade 9 I bought cigarettes and got caught by a teach who was clearly following me. And calls the cops on the store owner. Two years later I had to go to court for buying cigarettes underage. WTF

It's okay for a 10 year old to buy coffee but not okay for a 14 year old to buy cigarettes? Okay, yes, cigarettes may cause cancer... but coffee makes teeth yellow