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By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! Before I start this - you need to remember this is how I see
this. So - the other day I had a young man call me. He wants to vote in
favor of legalizing marijuana. Aside from the fact that if marijuana is
legal, therefore you won't need to plant it in some unsuspecting
farmer's field..here is my problem.
Why all the fuss? Why all the banter about legalization.."It's better
for you than cigarettes, etc.?" Why all the drama? Then I
wondered...the whole same-sex marriage argument is money driven...you
get "tax rights" being married...and the right to be put on the
spouse's insurance. Could marijuana legalization be the same?
In a backwards sort of way - concerning the money - could insurance
companies be made to pay for your prescription? Federal Legislation
demanded that all insurance companies pay for abortions - how far
behind that would marijuana prescriptions be if you had a Dr. saying it
is medically necessary for whatever problem you had - nervousness,
stress, social anxiety, etc. It is already used for glaucoma and some
cancers.
Here's what few have considered - I believe. Just like there are
different alcohol contents...6%, 8%, "proofs", etc. - would our Federal
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Department rate the marijuana? Would
they put age limits on it? You know - 18 years old to buy cigarettes/18
years old to buy "pot" with a buzz time of 20 minutes? And maybe 21
years old to buy the "good stuff?" I watched a documentary on how
Amsterdam handles this - thanks PBS! Whatever happens with the "voting
for legal marijuana" - I do not see Ohio or any other state ever
considering saying to smoke anywhere, anytime...or drive under the
influence of it. Isn't that why Drs quit writing prescriptions for the
narcotic pain killers, etc?
What I do not understand is why all the jabber about it. Why
don't the people who want to "indulge" just do that and be quiet? When
people's homes are vandalized and prescription drugs are taken - how
did the vandals knows whose house and what drugs? I've never read where
anyone stole ExLax or it's prescription equivalent! Wouldn't legalizing
marijuana put another "street drug" in the medicine chest for someone
to steal? And, if marijuana is legalized - what part of it -
cultivating, selling, possession, trafficking? If all are legalized -
would you be able to plant a whole field of it like you do corn or
beans? That might be a stretch - but, it is a "big money" crop.
In the end, all I see is more trouble.You can bet that if marijuana is
legal it'll get taxed right along with the rest of the "sin taxing" -
alcohol, cigarettes, pop, gasoline, etc. At what point will we - as a
people - stop looking at the "little paper god" and start looking at
each other for our hope and happiness?
Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the
furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next
time. Ever Toodles!! MONA
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