My Asperger's makes NTs confuze me as a pothead.

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I totally got pigeonholed as a gay stoner in high school. I didn't date ANYONE in high school, and I never got high 'til I was 20 years old.

I don't ever remember someone thinking I was a pothead but when I was a teenager I remember people sometimes thinking I looked high for some reason and my friend who knew I wasn't on anything jokingly saying I was "high on life".

I had a probation officer once ask me if I ever "took a hit off a joint" and then was mad when I didn't know what she meant because I was unfamiliar with the slang at the time.

Once when I was going to school at a mental hospital as an outpatient me and another girl were acting silly (they should have just been glad I was "coming out of my shell" or whatever instead of being so withdrawn) and they gave us both drug tests. They didn't tell me until later but mine came up positive. They must have mixed up the tests or something because I had never even tried it yet then. I don't know if they then thought I was a pothead.

One guy in my class back then used to get furious at me all the time when I got back from lunch-break because he always assumed I nicked and smoked some random guy's spliff (whom I stalked according to him) to make sure I would fit in to the school's tug-gang because he absolutely thought I was such a pitiful individual who didn't have and/or deserve any friends ever. The red anxiety-induced cheeks and the bags under my eyes I had after lunch were the "symptoms" he used to falsely diagnose me, every time. He even warned the teachers I think, but they didn't believe him.

I've had friends who thought I was a pothead(well, they are still my friends). I guess I didn't think to make the connection because, well, I did actually do pot at the time. Since then, though I haven't really acted any different, and it seems they've gotten used to me being just the way I am, so it's not really a big deal for me.

I couldn't sleep at night, so I slept during the day in class. When a student sleeps in class, teachers like to assume they have a drug problem so some of them might have thought that about me. Truth was, school made me so anxious, I could not sleep at night. I knew if I let myself fall asleep, before I knew it, it would be time to return to school and I wanted to prolong it as long as possible. I stayed awake only so the time would move more slowly.

One time I was having some tea and solving Rubik's cube. One fellow came to me and asked if I could solve it. I, with all my enthusiasm told him "Yes, I can and within a minute". After solving it, he asked me what chemical(drug) am I on. On replying I do not consume any, his reply was, "Don't lie dude I can see it in your eyes". I do not know what to say.

Has happened to me a lot. Several people have said they thought I was high when they met me, but I've never tried the stuff.

Most people think I smoke a lot of weed. I never smoke!

I've had professors/teachers and students accuse me of being a stoner/pothead on account of my monotonous voice, facial expressions and the way my eyes appear. When I told them I don't do drugs, they refused to believe me, which led to quite a bit of prejudice (at least in high school).

So that's why some coworkers in the past asked me if I used marijunana! I never understood where they could get such a ludicrous idea from but it makes sense now.

I have gotten that alot I have been pulled over by cops while just going for a walk because I looked suspiscious sometimes even frisking me if I had drugs they have told me I look drunk or high but when I took the sobriety tests I pass them. It angers and pisses me off when they do this and I am not doing anything at all.Also people randomly ask me if I am stoned I am like no they respond dont lie you are totally stoned! Im like wtf I am not stoned dammit!! !