How many more lame commercials depiciting teenagers who are "high" do I have to see? The ones that end up with the "high" kids running over some innocent girl riding her bike in front of a fast food drive-thru or with the "high" kids picking up dad's gun and shooting one another or themselves...Where are the commercials concerning a real problematic drug, crystal meth? I suppose that meth heads go out and plant gardens, help the elderly and promote gun safety when they're all geeked up.
For too long, this country has alienated people for making a lifestyle choice by smoking marijuana. Only because our government says it's illegal does it present a problem, and let me tell you about our government's past with the hemp plant. In the early days of America, the hemp plant was probably one of the 5 biggest cash crops. Not only did it present hundreds of uses (rope, paper, hemp oil - which is a VERY efficient fuel), but it also served as an important crop planted along with others such as soybean and corn. The hemp plant made the soil it was planted in richer in minerals and aided the growth plus productivity of the crops planted along with it. Our greatest surplus of main crops came when the hemp plant was used in this manner. Suddenly, the government took a 180 degree turn on the hemp plant because of the "high" produced by the leaves and buds of the plant. It was deemed illegal and now we arrive at this conversation today with a whole lot of problems over a very small thing.
Marijuana, when used in moderation, is a very effective drug. It can help cancer patients who are going through chemotherapy fight the side effects of treatments. It can help with headaches, it can calm you down if you're feeling really angry and it can help you laugh when you might be feeling down. Personally, I view marijuana as no drug at all. It was a plant that was here on Earth. It wasn't made in some laboratory. It grows naturally and, believe it or not, natural things tend to do a lot a less harm to the human body. Sure, smoking cannot be much good at all, but I would much rather smoke a fattie of Mary Jane than some nasty, chemical-ridden, factory made cigarette. I would rather toke up on a few buds than drink a few Buds. Marijuana was not a problem until the United States government made it a problem. It appears to me that the day this country backed away from the hemp plant, we not only lost the great revenues and positives of the plant as a whole, but we created a whole different monster of minor problems to combat when we should be focused a whole lot more on the major ones.
It is one of my hopes that during my lifetime, marijuana is legalized in some form so that citizens may be able to smoke in the privacy of their own homes and possess a certain amount for personal recreation. But who am I kidding? I live under a government that brings up issues, makes them a hot topic for 3 days on the news circuits and drops them like a wet bag of bricks. Maybe Congress should take a recess, smoke out the Capitol Building, and start to tackle some real issues after they get their mind right. It's 4:20 somewhere!
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