you remind me of a friend of mine...
in his youth he smoked marijuana and shot up just about anything you could get into your viens via a hypo.
he now has 6 kids (and grandkids). the other day when we were speaking he was harping on marijuana use/users.
i asked him:
"jo -- you are very familiar with the effects of drugs... who would you rather find yourself on the freeway with: someone who's stoned or someone who's drunk?"
he did pause a bit before he answered, then said "i guess someone stoned"
take a look at some stats:
Annual Causes of Death in the United States
Tobacco 435,0001
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,0001
Alcohol 85,000 1
Microbial Agents 75,0001
Toxic Agents 55,0001
Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,3471
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,0002
Suicide 30,6223
Incidents Involving Firearms 29,0001
Homicide 20,3084
Sexual Behaviors 20,0001
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,0001, 5
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,6006
Marijuana 07
drugwarfacts.org
what is your problem with cannabis?
i have 6 children (and as many grandchildren), am conservative, orthodox christian, and just dont think its a big deal. personally, i am persuaded that should one believe its EVIL then they should simply look realistically at the facts and they will conclude that IT IS THE LESSER OF EVILS.
one of my sons just turned 21 and was smoking marijuana. he works hard, goes full time to college, and is married and raising a child.
when discussing FACTS i told him that i had no objection to his use of marijuana but that it would probably be best to wait until his brains is fully developed which i understand to be around age 25.
examiner.com
i also told him that it could possible effect his studies, although when i was in high school some very SMART students were pot/acid heads.
he apparently took my counsel to heart and decided to stop for now and concentrate on his studies.
my generation indulged in just about everything and then we turned around and told our kids - unrealistically - to "just say no."
we had "free love" but then got religion and now tell our kids:
ABSTINENCE!
i do believe that abstinence IS best, but i'm not a fool. i tell my sons (have 5 of them)...
... if you can'T manage to keep out of her pants PLEASE do ME and yourself a favor and STRAP ONE ON. |
