Marijuana Should Be Legal
This is according to national polls, and me too!
About four decades ago, I was all-in as a hippie. Teased, humiliated and generally treated hellaciously in high school, I joined a new consortium, the Age of Aquarius as an acolyte.
When you are savagely mistreated it is only natural to find others of your ilk. By the way, teachers must be held accountable for the cruel misdeeds of their pupils. They know what is happening; they are as guilty as the torturers.
Of course, I got my revenge 41-years later at a high school reunion. Even the husbands of my former classmates flirted shamelessly with me. That is way too many years to exact revenge.
During the 60s, I joyfully found my own group of people in the Shadyside section of Pittsburgh. My father had passed away a few years before. My mother was busy with working and trying to keep us afloat; she had little time for me.
Unlike my father, who could sniff out our misdeeds with one nostril, my mother was the forerunner of Marian Cunningham from Happy Days. Oh, I also dropped LSD. That was the year I got straight A’s, but that would be part II of our discussion.
Never mind. Let us discuss it now. Once a few friends and I, tripping on Purple Haze arrived at our North Side home from Shadyside, the drug mecca of my youth. Mom put on a new jacket with a fur collar and asked us how we liked it. We commenced with rubbing our hands all over the fur, which looked to be vibrating with life. Finally, I got a wee bit paranoid so announced we were going out for pizza.
Instead, we sat in the car and listened with fascination to the blank buzz of the radio;in those days, radio and TV were not 24/7.
I would never consider touching a hallucinogenic now. However, I find it amusing that psilocybin is now the new go-to treatment for depression. I may sign up for a study. As an RN, I would be very welcome.
Now, many national surveys report that even among Republicans, 65% want the plant legalized. Consider a well-known pollster, PEW research : https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/11/22/americans-overwhelmingly-say-marijuana-should-be-legal-for-medical-or-recreational-use/
Also, there seems to be quite a few organizations researching cannabis. One entity, NIQ, seems to me, after perusing their website, a multinational research company and may even be associated with Nielson, the TV/Film research organization:
You may ask Mariraja Google for the link. It seems to me that, there is gold in this industry. Believe it or not, we used to pull the shades down, and stuff the door at the bottom with towels, blankets and sometimes, rugs.
I saw this in the film Animal House. The professor, played by Donald Sutherland, earnestly prepares his apartment for a love tryst with his student, played by Karen Allen. We really did this back in the day.
Now, we live in glorious Puerto Rico on Isla Verde beach. I can smell the pot wafting through the deck chairs and beach blankets.
Now, I shall surprise all of you: I do not approve.
Children should not be exposed to this smell. They also have no business whatsoever viewing drag shows, strippers, trannies or anything outside the norm, or, what used to be the norm when I came up in the 1950s and 1960s.
In fact, when I was 7-years-old, I got up and went to my parent’s bedroom. I cannot remember why. Perhaps I was wanting a glass of water or cup of milk. Whatever!
I entered their room where they slept in single beds. That was the style back then. Both of them were preparing for sleep in one bed. Mystified, I was at a loss as to why they would squeeze into one bed!
In other words, I had no idea how babies came to be. None! Now your average 7-year-old can most likely quote the Kama Sutra. Who knows? Perhaps they have their favorite porn stars. These Disunited States of America are far from the nation I grew up in. Yes, one can and should buy their marijuana at dispensaries.
Otherwise, you are risking exposure to fentanyl. Or other dangerous chemicals.
Here is something I found amusing:
circa 1930s
Even funnier! Ask yourself, what party was in power then? Democrats! If it moves, sits, breathes or is in print…well, you know the rest!
Now, if I choose, I can walk into any dispensary, just like a supermarket and buy it!