On New Years Day 2014, the conservatives all around the US had a collective stroke when the production, sale, possession and use of marijuana was finally legalized in Colorado. In recent history, it could well be argued that no other matter in our otherwise ‘civilized’ society has been the subject of more lies, nonsense and fabrications than the cannabis plant. It makes one question what exactly there is to fear from this wondrous product of the earth? There are a ton of theories as to why government has so strongly oppressed both the recreational and medicinal use of the plant – from the logging monopolies worrying about losing their business to the superior hemp option; to the cancer research companies going out of business if the true benefits of cannabis are implemented en masse; to the powers that be wanting to keep the minds of the masses closed and distracted so as to avoid any dissention. Personally, all of these theories have a ring of truth to them yet somehow the good folks in Denver managed to get past all that and make it happen. Amendment 64 – the bill that made this all possible – opponents prophesized that the evil weed was the work of the devil and that the lovely state of Colorado would immediately become a cesspool of crime, sleaziness and drug-induced hysteria. Of course, those with even the smallest inkling of sanity saw the ridiculousness of their sentiments and paid them no mind. Clearly, life as we know it has continued and as you’re about to see, Colorado is actually better off for having legalized this much too often and unfairly demonized plant...
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:00:19 +0000
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