Today is 4/20 and the time is almost 4:20 PM (though this will be posted shortly thereafter). This number has significance to marijuana smokers everywhere. What better day time to begin explaining my rather strong opinions surrounding this interesting plant? I’ll keep it short-ish… for now.
Indeed. Marijuana (Cannabis) is a psychoactive plant producing a high in those individuals that choose to smoke the flower (or bud) of it. It is HIGHLY illegal in almost every country, I believe. Here in the United States is no exception.
Should this be the case? Should it be illegal? Well no, of course not. A week or so ago I did a post highlighting the importance of preserving the peaceful personal choice of the individual. Smoking marijuana qualifies as a peaceful personal choice. In short: Let the people do what they want to do.
This is what I consider to be the master argument on this issue, but I have several others that I could bring in and make this post painfully long to read. I won’t do this (and a big sigh of relief for me and you).
I will post in the future about this though. This is one issue that I have complete and confidence in arguing. This is because I believe that there exists no good argument for keeping marijuana illegal (non that I have seen so far). If you believe that you have one, then please let me hear it! I love talking about this stuff.
So let this post serve as an introduction to a series of arguments for marijuana legalization. This’ll be fun!
Ruwst 