Tangentry

I get outta my car from a long day of couriering & I'm loading up my ish to bring inside.  This Black Caddy, slowly creeps by & the driver says:

Hey, you know where I can get some weed?

(Two things, I love how this type of question is just normal to me.  Like, you know where the nearest Burger King is or the nearest Post Office.  I imagine he's new in town & just wanting to find out where to ascertain some staples, i.e. contraband.  Secondly, I love that it was just normal to ask it, for the same reason) I say:

Naw, man, sorry.  He wryly smiles & keeps driving.  


So, either I'm so hood, that it seemed like I could be a reliable source of the sticky.  Or, I'm so not hood, that it was hilarious to ask me.  Of course I hope for the former, but the latter would be rather entertaining.  Either way, I like where his head is at and hopes he finds his green relaxant.  


Man, I wish the supposed liberal CA wouldn't have dropped the ball on legalizing marijuana.  They need to puff, puff, pass that legislation already.  In 80 years from now, they are going to look back at us in the same way we look at the prohibitionists in the '20s.  Whats the big deal?  What took you so long?


This of course is one morsel of a huge ding dong of a problem, namely, restriction under the fallacy of safety/security.  Lets take seat belts.  For the sake of argument, we will submit to the given that wearing a seat belt improves your chances of safety upon impact.  Fine.  But if there are people who are stupid enough to drive without them, they will have their consequences.  There's no reason to fine them.  Its just another bullcrap way for our govt. to extract our money from us.  I would say the same is true with narcotics.  Can it be extremely hazardous to your health, physically, emotionally & psychologically to use them?  YES.  If you use them in excess, will there be some rather severe consequences?  YES (just like the legal alcohol, fast food, etc).  Should we make it illegal to use them?  NO.  Should there be prison, upon prison, full of people who are mainly non-violent weed smokers? NO.  How are these prisons funded?  Your tax dollars.  Instead of any type of proactive crime prevention, or stopping the sex trade or building schools, this money goes to businesses that are in bed with the govt.  God Bless America, indeed!


The only caveat I would throw in there is that certain things do need to be restricted based on age.  I certainly wouldn't want to see a 12 yr old, driving around with a blunt in hand. If your over 21 then I think you should also be able to smoke weed, just like you can gamble, drink & buy tobacco.  


To end on a slightly lighter note, here is my favorite weed song of all time:





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