This is a hard subject to think about right now but anyhow. Politicians and marijuana. Sounds pretty weird. I've never heard of a politician who spoke in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana and if there is one or some please let me know. Can you imagine the support a pro-marijuana politician would have? A lot probably. Take for example our current president, Barack Obama. There was a dramatic increase in the number of blacks and college-age students who voted, merely because he was black and he was a refreshing change from the stiff-nosed white Republicans who had had their fun long enough. But how can we convince such a politician to emerge with the way society is now? It is safe to say that today's society will not see a victorious elected official who openly supports legalization of recreational marijuana outside of states that have already legalized it. We live in a time where both parties criticize our president because he smoked marijuana in college. That was over twenty years ago, and people still have something to say about it. There is no way that politicians and Americans are ready to see this change if we can't even tolerate our President, who smoked during his youth. Today's society is who keeps the images circulating and the talks going about what he used to do way back when. Progress has been made, but to openly support legalization and try to hold a political position is near impossible.
Typical stoner? Since I came into the underground of marijuana the stereotypes that I had of a stoner have been blown out of the water. I have smoked with people of all kinds. From straight A students to complete idiots. With people whom I would have never EVER in my wildest dreams thought to have any knowledge about marijuana, let alone actually smoke with them. Peer pressure seems to be an angle that parents and other adult figures take when talking about marijuana (or any drug) to their kids or whoever but in reality "stoners" are the most accepting and most helpful at advocating other people. When I first arrived at Western I was lost, didn't have a clue who I was as a person, and didn't have any local friends who could be of any help. The first group I was welcomed into was the stoners. I have never felt more welcomed and more accepted for who I am than when I'm with my friends. (I never smoked nor drank when I was in high school.) I didn't realize the group I had been so welcomed into were the stoners until I went on a hiking trip and was offered some marijuana. I refused and they were perfectly okay with it. I was positive that I was about to experience what my physical education teachers and other school officials had warned me about. Here came the peer pressure. But no one spoke of it and no one asked again that day.
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Author19 years old. Sophomore in college. Archives
March 2015
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