Marcus Aurelius, the stoic philosopher cautioned against arguing with fools. He made three points:
1) It is unbecoming and aesthetically displeasing to witness the sight of a knowledgeable, cultured person engaging a fool in public discourse.
2) There is virtually no chance that the fool has the capacity to understand or be persuaded by your arguments no matter how logical they may be.
3) There is the slight possibility that the fool may be correct and you indeed lose stature if this happens to be the case.
Discussions with proponents of marijuana, a chemical that permeates the brain, alters brain biochemistry and has been documented to do real harm, should be governed by the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius and the other stoics.
If one learns anything from stoic philosophy, it ought to be that a flawed argument or policy, however popular or superficially appealing, inherently remains bogus despite its embrace by others. A stoic is ultimately proved correct regardless of his degree of isolation or the contempt of his contemporaries.
By the way, while most decent people agree and applaud most of Mr. Trump’s policies, many do not view him a paragon of moral virtue. He is a politician.
All hail the Stoics!
Just the immediate severe short term memory loss alone should be reason enough to prohibit healthy young people from using this crap.
I’m all for its use for pain management for the sick.
Any other use is evil.
And if you look behind the curtain as to who is pushing this legalize pot movement, its the same group that controls the media, the banks, and invented communism