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I must confess my bias against drugs,including weed,stems from my time”in the game”many years ago.I just saw way too many people get hung up on that poison,including myself.
They say smoking marijuana does not lead to harder drugs yet my own experiences showed me that ALL the pot smokers went on to bigger”kicks”.I am not saying they all became hopeless junkies.Hell,I got clean without any help from “therapists”.I just got sick of all the shady people and their amoral ways.
I spent time with hard core ghetto folks as well as hanging around with lots of decadent rich white kids.One thing they all had in common was their vanity and childlike need to “feel good”.
They were cowards who couldn’t face life as the harsh struggle that it is.

Oh,and Tarika reminded me of some folks I used to know in New Orleans back in the day.While the parents were getting high in the next room blasting Parliament on the box,I was trying to console a half dozen small black kids who could not for the life of them understand why mommy and daddy weren’t there to hear their cries of hunger.
I left the city shortly after that but I have a feeling that those little angels I knew eventually emulated their parents and ended up very often as merchants of the poison that made them essentially parentless.

my own experiences showed me that ALL the pot smokers went on to bigger”kicks”.

You just broke my BS meter.

They were cowards who couldn’t face life as the harsh struggle that it is.

So, let's make life a little 'harsher' for them. Rather than defending individual rights, let's give the state the power to destroy their lives incrementally. $50 bucks for talking on your cell phone while driving.

"We're only trying to help you." kma

I just got sick of all the shady people and their amoral ways.

Very well said. Drugs and alcohol affect your judgement and you become willing to do things you would not do if you are sober. Glad you made it through it. I had similar experiences although not in any kind of low income environment.

I often think that where previous generations had WWII or Korea, my generation's cross to bear was the large scale introduction to drugs to this country. When I was growing up parents knew nothing, which meant that as children, were totally defenseless against it.

I think the problem is that now parent's expect the government to protect their children from drugs. Katrina should tell us otherwise. Parents are responsible for this and are actually better equipped since they know something about the drugs my parents did not.

They were cowards who couldn’t face life as the harsh struggle that it is.

I was lucky in that it never interfered with my ability to acheive at work or school, but I saw many that were.

My whole belief about the way the WOD has evolved is that that overall, the cure is worse than the disease, and its time to try another approach.

While I dont hold a bias, believing now that we all must walk our path, I also have seen way too many bad times along with the feel good days gone by.

Those who think they are standing on high ground, looking down their noses would have me be their slave to pay for my mis guided youth...