It’s me, that crazy hippie chick from Alaska, back once
again to defend the lives, love, and personal liberties of pot smokers
everywhere. I know it’s been awhile, but ya’ll have to excuse me, being a full
time college student, social worker, and women’s rights activists takes up a
lot of time. Despite the time between this article and the last, the issue is
still the same. The American public is sorely misinformed by a dictatorship
that calls itself democracy on the issue of marijuana smoking.
As President Bush likes to remind us, America was founded
on the concepts of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Except, his
actions are this: the United States government will define what liberty is and
local government will tell us the boundaries of our pursuits for happiness. Oh
sure, some of you are sitting there calling me something derogatory and saying
that my ideas of the insane rantings of a pot smoking degenerate. But then
again, I’m betting that most of you agree with me.
In the beginning, pot wasn’t made illegal because of the
fact that it was some evil drug. Marijuana was made illegal in this country
because of racism and greed.
In the 1930’s, the Henry Ashlinger and the Federal Bureau
of Narcotics worked to make marijuana illegal by focusing on the themes of
racism and violence. This was done because of the influx of cheap immagrant
labor and its impact on white jobs during the Depression. According the United
States government, marijuana had to be illegal because of its affects on degenerate
races. Here’s what Henry had to say about his fellow American citizens.
“Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men.”
"Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist
brainwashing"
There are
100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics,
Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from
marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with
Negroes, entertainers, and any others."
The
more current version of these comments includes not only minorities, but whites
who are in lower socioeconomic brackets. Talk about social control through
stigmatation.
And my personal favorite goes to..
‘Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the
history of mankind."
All those who know this last comment is
complete and utter bullshit, raise your hand. Despite what most people
think—pot doesn’t make you violent. And it certainly doesn’t alter human
nature, as media rhetoric would like us to believe. Pot smokers I know are far
from violent. Oh sure, they might fight you for that last Twinkie—but that’s
about it. But alas, it is just one more stereotype that honest hard working
smokers everywhere have to live with.
But wait! How is that pot smokers are both lazy and
violent? I would think that being one contradicts being the other.
[BB]
Think about it if marijuana is totally made illegal—do you
really think an unhappy workforce is going to be half as productive. I’m
thinking NO. My point is we are told that as adults, we have the power to
change the world, raise future generations, and build communities on the moon
someday, but yet our government is telling us that we don't have the sense to
make the right choices for ourself. Ain't that the damnest thing! Chrsit
people, how many phases of social control do we have to give into until we get
tired of all the bullshit. I think its high time that we stood up and
introduced America to another role of nornality--not just the one that the
conservative community has graciously defined for us.
It is my opinion that nobody has been given the right to
judge anybody else. America claims to be a Christian nation. With that said, I
am reminded of a Matthew: 7:1-5. “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For
with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again.”
People are always scared of what they don’t know about.
Come on people, educate yourselves. How much freedom do we have to lose before
we fight back? What personal liberty do you have to loose before you get off
your ass and say that enough is enough.
The
point to all this is this: before all you anti-pot-anti-choice-anti-freedom
people wag your finger and preach at me about how my pot smoking is deviant
behavior —do your research. And before you go quoting some study, know that I
have B.A. in Social Science and am well aware that research can be skewed to
fit anybodies opinion. Example: medicating children is a good thing.
Smoking Marijuana should be seen for what it really is: An
informed adult decision. Notice that I said that it was an adult decision,
anyone who is eighteen and over should have the privilege of making up their
own minds. Hey, if eighteen year olds are fighting a war, than they ought to
have the choice to smoke pot—or not. I say legalize, tax and monitor it like we
do alcohol.
Life is too short to be treated like a criminal. I’m sick
of being told that pot smoking is criminal behavior. I’m sick of uneducated,
not to mention, misinformed people telling me that I’m a bad person for being a
pot smoker. Most of all, I’m tired of having to defend myself against invalid
sterotypes that are pushed on the public by a both a biased goverment and a one
sided media.
Don’t you just hate it when pot smokers succeed at higher
education.
Until next time…smoke responsibly.
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