The War on Some Drugs has pushed Americans to outsource their drug production to armed criminal gangs, and this is just a predictable result. Wouldn’t you rather people buy pot in the same way they buy cigarettes, openly and with taxes down at the corner store? Wouldn’t you rather deal with a guy like Al Gore, bragging about how he grew tobacco, than with a violent gangster?
For a while I was ambivalent re/ WOD. Not any more. Let “recreational” drug use proceed as people see fit.
However, no handouts for them. No health care for them. They get lung cancer from smoking weed? Tough. Their bad. They get sinus issues from too much blow? Tough. Their suffering is their own doing. They can’t hold a job because they are wasted zombies? Tough. They can live in a van down by the river.
It’s their life; far be it for the government to interfere.
Yes.
Back in those days I grew it! (Oohs and ahs from the crowd)
I hung it up in my garage and I dried it! (Gasps and increasing cheers)
I trimmed the buds and weighed it and bagged it! (Whoops and applause)
I rolled it and I smoked it! (Crowd goes nuts)
And then I supported the American economy by buying every snack food and drink 7-11 had to offer! (Oh how presidential!!!)