[winston2]

What we need is a restoration of what is already embodied in our values, traditions and institutions.

On that chord -

If one were to have broke out some cannabis and smoked it in the company of Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and co. (circa 1776) - what might have been the reaction from those fine men?

[KeepUSfree]

They would have said "pass that doobie this way" or "no thanks, I have too much to do today - but enjoy yourself".

Actually, MANY of our founding father smoked Cannabis, It was a common agricultural crop. All paper and rope was made from Hemp.

So, since you are totally devoid of historical perspective, it was easy for you to swallow the government propaganda.

It's part of why public "education" doesn't do much actual education. Ignorant people are easier to control.

Consider yourself controlled.

[Moonman62]

If one were to have broke out some cannabis and smoked it in the company of Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and co. (circa 1776) - what might have been the reaction from those fine men?

I've read hundreds of Jefferson's letters and visited Monticello, I've read Franklin's autobiography, and I'm amazed at the providential life of Washington. Our Founding Fathers were products of the Enlightenment, and unusually interested in the advancement of human knowledge and science. I imagine they would be appalled at the the waste and nihilism of the modern drug culture.