musings about pot
I’m confused by many many things in this crazy, madcap and zany world. I’m confused about trends; I’m confused about this society’s priorities and its laws.
Take for instance, this news article that Married Well linked to. Now, if you read this article carefully, you will see that this man murdered his daughter and her best friend about a month after his release from prison. I agree that this is a heinous crime, but take a moment to read further, and you will find that he was arrested for possession of Marijuana in his younger days.
Follow my thought process with me here. Perhaps, just perhaps, Marijuana was legal, since in reality it is much less damaging to society than alcohol, and this man was never arrested for possession, in fact, he regularly smoked marijuana even to this day. Do you think he would have stabbed his 8-year-old daughter and her 9-year-old best friend to death if he were stoned? I would gage that, no, he would not. Why? Stoners are not violent people.
I would suggest keeping violent people stoned. Hell, I would suggest keeping our leaders in Washington stoned. I’d like to see some of the legislation they pass while stoned, you can be sure it isn’t anywhere near as fucked up as the shit they’re working on now. Imagine if you will a world where people giggled uncontrollably, thought up silly notions and crazy plans of actions. A world where people rolled off chairs in crowded bars because they couldn’t stop laughing. A world where “Stinky” does back flips into an algae filled pond while partaking in San Francisco’s Bay to Breakers Marathon.
Someday, I’ll tell you that story.