Thursday, November 08, 2001

Legalize it, no doubt! PT. I

Coming from Maine I’ve noticed that there are many different things going on in other states. I hail from a state where life is easy, laidback, and as long as you mind your own business people will leave you alone. Well, after living in Connecticut for almost 4-years I’ve noticed many differences between the two states and the 150 miles that separated New Britain, CT and Wells, ME. There are big differences in the law here, how punishments are handed out, and how the court handles possession of illegal substances.
Maine is one of several states where medicinal marijuana so my position on the drug’s legalization is very strong? I am a person who believes that it should be legal no matter what since there are few differences between pot and the herbs in your spice rack. Okay, one makes you chicken taste good and the other makes you want to eat that chicken, but who cares.
Although I am a firm believer that drugs should be illegal since they can ruin lives and take lives. But marijuana is not a drug, there are no chemicals in it, and you would have to smoke 4 trash bags to die from marijuana. I understand that many people think pot is bad, it’s the gateway drug, it kills you brain and so on. Granted the pot is not good for some since it leads them to harmful substances, but it won’t put holes in you brain like E and there is no way to get chemically addicted to it like heroin.
So if states like Maine and California feel that people with Glaucoma or Cancer should smoke then good for them. Ask any stoner when the last time they were sick and it may have been never. Several weeks ago a man wasn’t allowed on a Delta flight because he was carrying 7 joints, 7 joints prescribed to him by the Federal Government. Now could it be that bad? The government allows us to smoke cigarettes and beer can be bought anywhere and those substances are not only addictive but are life threatening.
Montreal is only a few votes away from total legalization of pot and it will be legal in the U.S. in the next couple decades. Maybe if the cops weren’t so worried about Joey Pothead who harmlessly smokes pot then our gov. could focus on other problems in the U.S. Look next week for on my personal experiences with marijuana, the law, andwhere the government is headed.