I used to have a... erm... friend who used to have a big weed habit. Er... He would advise that you make sure that you don't put yourself in situations where smoking weed is the norm... if your mates smoke when you're all at home playing playstation or watching TV then go up the pub or cinema or anywhere where you can hang out that means you can't easily sit there and get monged. Obviously that doesn't help if you live in Amsterdam.
Going out cost money, but so does weed, unless you live in Northern California. The hardest thing my mate found was the realisation that TV really is rubbish when you're not stoned. That took a lot of getting used to.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.