Marijuana....Teach your kids it's not a dirty word.

Peace!

I recently came across this documentary about marijuana and well lets just say it inspired me to share some thoughts. The movie is called "The Union" and discusses the business behind marijuana, amongst other things. Everything from marijuana as a drug to agricultural hemp being one of the most useful plants on earth, this was a well put together film.



Watching this documentary took me back to my high school days when, in addition to being a pothead, I deemed myself a "weedologist". Those were the days weren't they? I always thought that if I was gonna spend so much time getting high I might as well learn about the substance. It lead me to a lot of research and after a while I found myself asking, "what's so bad about it?" I mean just like anything else it has its ups and downs but really, what's so bad about it? Many people who are against it can't tell you and a rational discussion will leave them with only one defense mechanism..."its illegal." True and so is being in this country without "proper documentation" but millions of people do it anyway.

I just think the issue at hand needs a major re-evaluation (decriminalization for starters). I guess I just don't feel like it's fair that harmless weed smokers can be locked up with "real" criminals. It's also whack that many of us have forgotten how to use the drug for constructive purposes (i.e. meditation/healing). Its gotta have some usefulness right? After all Native Americans used it to find peace (Peace pipes) and EVERYONE loves Bob Marley so I don't even need to go there. It seems though that the real problem is explaining some of these facts to the kids. Its a lot easier to just tell them not to do it cause it's illegal (it's funny how most of them end of doing it anyway at some point or another). Im not sure how I will break it down down to my kids but I'll probably start the convo off with this song:



*Disclaimer: I certainly do not promote the use of weed smoking....to any1 that hasn't done it before, lol! Enjoy folks. Peace, love and grass juice.