Pass the Bong

Yesterday the Supreme Court made yet another decision that makes my blood boil. It stated that now the government can arrest sick patients who smoke marijuana to relieve pain. So, let’s say you are dying of cancer and you smoke pot to alleviate the pain associated with chemotherapy, now those patients under the letter of the law could be arrested. Have you ever heard of anything as ludicrous as this?

For the life of me I will never understand why this country has such a poll up its ass when it comes to pot. Listen, cocaine and heroin and dangerous drugs that one can physically become dependent on. Both of those are far more dangerous than marijuana. So, why is pot always classified in the same category? Pot is no worse for you than alcohol or tobacco. Yet, the government says that if you are old enough you can enjoy them but not dope. In fact your local government makes precious tax money off of both products.

So, why are those legal and pot is not? Well, for reasons that I won’t get into the 3M corporation back in 1937 successfully campaigned to get pot outlawed. So up until that time you could have toked up legally and no one could do anything against you. The following statement is coming from someone who does not smoke pot on a regular basis, if you look at the laws we have on the books against this product they absolutely make no sense.

First off, pot is much less dangerous than liquor. After drinking alcohol one gets angry, aggressive and is much more prone to dangerous activities like getting in a car. After smoking pot, one is much more prone to raid the fridge. Since the government is so big on sin taxes if you sold marijuana over the counter you could tax the shit out of it and make some money to pour into schools, drugs for senior’s, public transportation, or any other project you want. You govern it like booze and tobacco and I don’t see a down side. Some people who were going to get stoned anyway will continue to do so without the stigma of it being illegal all the while taxpayers make out on it. I fail to see the downside.

Even if one is against the legalization of refer how somebody could be against a sick patient who uses pot for medicinal reasons is beyond me. I don’t care what the AMA says, if a dying patient wants pot I for one think they deserve the right to have it. The Supreme Court with this ruling has vilified those who seek alternative medicines to get relief. All of this makes me angry and, has given me a new cause. I will now crusade wherever and whenever to de-criminalize marijuana.

And, please spare me the useless and pointless arguments. Pot is like anything else, be it liquor, sex, cigarettes, Twinkies, coffee, or dieting, if done in moderation all of those things are fine but once you start to over indulge yourself one will have a problem. Sure, pot is not physically addictive but it sure is mentally. If you smoke up in moderation in the privacy of your own home there is nothing wrong with it. Also, save me the gateway drug bullshit. Alcohol and tobacco are the two biggest gateway drugs out there. To heap all of societies drug ills on refer is complete bullshit.