... or get off the pot!
Among the more distasteful bits of outfall to be spewed forth following the Alberta RCMP slayings were the cheapshot letters to the editor from assorted marijuana activists who were given to maintaining that if pot were legal, then the killings simply wouldn't have happened.
As it ultimately turned out the little grow show on the farm was incidental to why the cops we're there, but their stridency in propounding their 'cause', such as it is, simply served to prove where such people come from.
Anyway, I'm not going to enter into the tiresome debate on the pros-and-cons of the legalization, decriminalization, and all the other 'izations' that surround cannabis sativa. Mainly, because I don't really give a shit one way or the other. If you want to rot your brain in that direction, well it's no doubt less mind and soul-destroying that most 'reality' television, and just about as productive a way to spend your time.
Regardless, too much mythology and mysticism are accorded marijuana. It's neither as wonderful as doobie-puffing defenders insist it is, nor as evil as its enemies believe. But, like all psychoactive drugs, it contains plenty of negative elements, and if you truly believe it doesn't, then maybe you're smoking too much.
Alcohol is also a psychoactive drug, and pot advocates love to trot out the silly and self-defeating argument that marijuana is no worse than alcohol. That's no recommendation. Booze, our 'legal drug' is the most dangerous one of all.
If Chretien's much-vaunted decriminalization law ever sees the light of day, the possession of the stuff will no longer be a crime, but will be subject to a nominal fine. However, the purchaser, it remains, must still aid-and-abet a criminal activity to get his weed, since cultivation and sale will nhot only be crimes, but the penalties at that level of enterprise couild even be stiffer. The decriminalization bill (like virtually all Liberal endeavors) is smoke, mirrors, and bullshit, designed solely to attract votes for a very corrupt regime -- regardless of whether gormless Paul Martin or the Gallic thug happen to be at the helm.
But, such consderations pale into insignificance when compared to the msessage implied by any ill-considered decriminalization foray. That message is: the consumption of marijuana is no longer considered a 'very bad thing', just a 'slihgthly bad thing'. For young people, susch a message is both unclear and irresponsible.
Quite simply, pot consumption is not OK for youngsters, any more than the partaking of cigarettes and alcohol is OK for them. Indeed, there are laws against the purchase and consumption of the latter substances by minors, but with the suggested new law re pot in place, no such guidelines have yet been trotted forth. Weird that.
And, of course, your kids ill have to consort with criminals to get the stuff. And, what's the messasge that will be picked up by some 14-year-olds? Especially 14-year-old potheads, who are rarely noted for being the brightest kids in their remedial classes. The message to them would seenm to be: If smoking pot is OK, sort of, then what about crystal meht? Ecstasy? Crack? Their logic wouild suggest, and they wouldn't be wrong, that the authorities 'lied' for years about pot, so they're probably lying about the other stuff, too.
Pot advocates rise up in indignation -- mind you, they rise up in indignation about tdamn near everything that doesn't support their cause, like logic, for example -- at any suggestion that marijuana is a gateway drug, but of course it is. Cigarettes and alcohol are gateway drugs, so why would cannabis get off the hook? It's not only a gateway, it's more than that.
It must be understood that decriminalization, if it comes into being, does not render marijuana legal, it only pulls the penalties out of the Criminal Code. It will still be illegal. So, the kid using marijuana has already made a decision, and that decision is to be in defiance of the law.
Canada's young are on the verge of entering the global marketplace, and their energies, ambtion and talent are much in demand. Look at our current political scene -- wherein politicians are regarded with less esteem than used car salesfolk and probably pimps -- and you know that we desparately need new talent. But, is anybody prepared to suggest that unfettered marijuana indulgence will bring us the sort of active and productive citizenry that this nation craves. If you really believe active potheads are productive, then you must have spent your youth in utter denial.
As it ultimately turned out the little grow show on the farm was incidental to why the cops we're there, but their stridency in propounding their 'cause', such as it is, simply served to prove where such people come from.
Anyway, I'm not going to enter into the tiresome debate on the pros-and-cons of the legalization, decriminalization, and all the other 'izations' that surround cannabis sativa. Mainly, because I don't really give a shit one way or the other. If you want to rot your brain in that direction, well it's no doubt less mind and soul-destroying that most 'reality' television, and just about as productive a way to spend your time.
Regardless, too much mythology and mysticism are accorded marijuana. It's neither as wonderful as doobie-puffing defenders insist it is, nor as evil as its enemies believe. But, like all psychoactive drugs, it contains plenty of negative elements, and if you truly believe it doesn't, then maybe you're smoking too much.
Alcohol is also a psychoactive drug, and pot advocates love to trot out the silly and self-defeating argument that marijuana is no worse than alcohol. That's no recommendation. Booze, our 'legal drug' is the most dangerous one of all.
If Chretien's much-vaunted decriminalization law ever sees the light of day, the possession of the stuff will no longer be a crime, but will be subject to a nominal fine. However, the purchaser, it remains, must still aid-and-abet a criminal activity to get his weed, since cultivation and sale will nhot only be crimes, but the penalties at that level of enterprise couild even be stiffer. The decriminalization bill (like virtually all Liberal endeavors) is smoke, mirrors, and bullshit, designed solely to attract votes for a very corrupt regime -- regardless of whether gormless Paul Martin or the Gallic thug happen to be at the helm.
But, such consderations pale into insignificance when compared to the msessage implied by any ill-considered decriminalization foray. That message is: the consumption of marijuana is no longer considered a 'very bad thing', just a 'slihgthly bad thing'. For young people, susch a message is both unclear and irresponsible.
Quite simply, pot consumption is not OK for youngsters, any more than the partaking of cigarettes and alcohol is OK for them. Indeed, there are laws against the purchase and consumption of the latter substances by minors, but with the suggested new law re pot in place, no such guidelines have yet been trotted forth. Weird that.
And, of course, your kids ill have to consort with criminals to get the stuff. And, what's the messasge that will be picked up by some 14-year-olds? Especially 14-year-old potheads, who are rarely noted for being the brightest kids in their remedial classes. The message to them would seenm to be: If smoking pot is OK, sort of, then what about crystal meht? Ecstasy? Crack? Their logic wouild suggest, and they wouldn't be wrong, that the authorities 'lied' for years about pot, so they're probably lying about the other stuff, too.
Pot advocates rise up in indignation -- mind you, they rise up in indignation about tdamn near everything that doesn't support their cause, like logic, for example -- at any suggestion that marijuana is a gateway drug, but of course it is. Cigarettes and alcohol are gateway drugs, so why would cannabis get off the hook? It's not only a gateway, it's more than that.
It must be understood that decriminalization, if it comes into being, does not render marijuana legal, it only pulls the penalties out of the Criminal Code. It will still be illegal. So, the kid using marijuana has already made a decision, and that decision is to be in defiance of the law.
Canada's young are on the verge of entering the global marketplace, and their energies, ambtion and talent are much in demand. Look at our current political scene -- wherein politicians are regarded with less esteem than used car salesfolk and probably pimps -- and you know that we desparately need new talent. But, is anybody prepared to suggest that unfettered marijuana indulgence will bring us the sort of active and productive citizenry that this nation craves. If you really believe active potheads are productive, then you must have spent your youth in utter denial.
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