Cutting for Bieber

Christian Piatt, Huffington Post

     Recently, TMZ had revealed photos of the pop sensation at a party smoking what appears to be a cigar. Although there were suspicions of that cigar actually being a marijuana blunt, no one exactly knew what kind of tobacco that wrapping paper actually contained. At least not until Justin Bieber himself admit to the fact that he was actually smoking marijuana. This news traveled at lightning speed and became a very big hit. The obsession with Bieber's indulgence on an illegal item caused chaos in the entertainment world and even caused the death of a paparazzi who got hit by a car while chasing Justin Bieber because he claimed that he saw Bieber smoking weed. After this tragic death, a group of Justin Bieber fans uploaded photos of wounds on their wrists to indirectly make Bieber feel guilty and want to stop smoking marijuana. This movement became more popular as many fans joined the "Cutting for Bieber" bandwagon and slitting their wrists to get Justin to stop. This has truly affected this pop star's reputation and has angered many parents whose children have been hospitalized in attempt to get Bieber to stop smoking. The debate still goes on whether Justin Bieber has a responsibility to his young fans to live a clean life or if he is only being human and indulging in something very tempting. Either way, it is outrageous to see people harming them selves for a choice another human being is making. It should not matter how obsessed you are with that person, harming yourself should not be an answer.