Everybody is blogging now. So I figured I might as well join in on the fun. Heck, how can it hurt reform and the changes we feel need to be made. Well, I guess it really can’t. But one thing that does hurt reform is the ability for some to understand freedom of speech. And the ability for some, to act on their ideals. In the battle between ideals and thoughts, it is easier to outsource actions than it is to act on an idea, or learn more about the process of making a change with that idea. Therefore, throughout the world we have innumerable agencies and governments, and the people who make them tick, convinced that we as people will believe anything we hear. And it’s true for some of us. Well, I take that back, for most of us. We will believe any and all things that are thrown our way from a reputable agency. We will sit and read news like it is fact, and we believe every health study done, because, well it’s a health study. You name it. Fact and opinion all mixed up rolled into a little ball and tossed our way. But when the ball crosses the plate, all that happens to people most of the time, is they walk. We are afraid to take a big swing and strike out sometimes, and we are afraid to make a voice of ourselves when it might ruffle the feathers of others. Or we are just plain afraid. Which is worse? Fear or a lack of individual thought on an important topic? With marijuana reform, and the movement set behind it, almost no one who smokes or vaporizes, or eats their marijuana, can hold an excuse of non-action. More so than anything else, it is the movements’ responsibility to learn as many facts as we can about pot. It’s also important we learn the difference between the many, many lies, and half truths put out regarding marijuana. We are just now, as a combined society able to understand the positive affects marijuana has, and possibly how it may harm. We are also starting to learn how to responsibly medicate with it. The simple fact marijuana is used for medication should strike a lot more people as a wakeup call than it does. Without making and excuse for it, I say it’s the normalization of pot in society people look at. “So what if he smokes a little potâ€, says someone in a discussion. “It’s just a little pot, who’s it ever hurt?†And because of those statements being made, and the relative harmlessness of marijuana there are people who just ignore the law, and get high or medicate in spite of the fact it’s still federally illegal. But does that make it right, and how are those statements hurting the cause, coming from people who already could care less if it’s illegal, until they get busted. Gone is the ability for the American Government to stand on no leg, and spout drivel they feel will keep people off the “killer drug†of marijuana. They have spent billions trying to convince what pot does to the body. In fact the ONDCP, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has pushed pot down a little as their “second†most targeted drug, and has started a media campaign concentrating on prescription meds. Another billion dollars plus campaign I add. Come to think of it, it’s been a week or two since I’ve seen an anti-pot ad. With The Fox Network seeming to be the biggest puppet in the ONDCP’s game, the network gave millions of dollars worth of free air time to the ONDCP after they purchased a three million dollar commercial during the super bowl last year. All at the same time, pushing more harmful things like alcohol and tobacco. Our ability as a society to freely think has never been brighter. Nor are we held more accountable for those thoughts than today. We experience an electronic age where we can talk and share ideas with someone on a computer, or phone, which is right next to you, or sitting in a space station orbiting us. We can act on the ability to share those ideas, or we can choose to let others do it for us. But one thing is clear, and has been since the beginning of human thought. If you don’t say what’s on your mind, someone will make sure others suffer for it. Who do you want making up your mind?
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