Comment by Clarence Dember on May 10, 2009 at 8:41am

I have done volunteer work (leading a man's group) in a primary alcohol detox in patient facility. When I tell you that Cannabis is not harming adults, it's not the same as some ex-law enforcement heavy coming out for legalization. Those folks made a living extolling the virtues of alcohol while incarcerating free individuals who's crime was invented by an act of political NOT MEDICAL prohibition.
I think if former and active law enforcement want to do something for legalization, they should petition the courts to strike DOWN these Cannabis prohibition statutes through their fraternal organizations like the Police Benevolent Association, the Police Athletic League and the Fraternal Order of Police. Also, the District Attorney's Office meaning acting District Attorneys should petition the courts en-mass to strike these poisonous statutes from our body of laws forever! Until that is accomplished their "retired renegade testimonials " amount to little more than a public relations campaign, a change of window dressing for what has been and continues to be a pernicious campaign of vicious misinformation against Marijuana users and the PLANT itself by THE Law Enforcement COMMUNITY in the United States.

Comment by Micheal on May 11, 2009 at 4:31am

Am NOT a smoker but would very much like to listen to those who smoke especially this plant(we call it ganja) in Uganda

Comment by Richard Goscicki on May 11, 2009 at 9:27am

In my old neighborhood in the '60s, anybody that had some ganja increased in social status and became very popular.

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on May 16, 2009 at 7:38pm

I cant smoke weed any ore because of my military status, my wife the same. One of the saddest days as a parent was having to tell my daughter NO she could not smoke grass, because...its illegal. The law will come after you they will attempt to ruin your life with a "drug" conviction.
"But daddy it cant be bad for you."
" No its not"
" But we had so much fun we talked about ALL kinds of things that I never talked about before with my friends, we laughed and we were all close we felt a warmth toward each other"
"I know doesnt matter until the law is changed its a no go." Im sorry .
She follows my rule.But she defiantly flies the plant flag on every thing. She has argued with her teacher and the "resource" officer in her school that they are wrong and they are lying to kids about the harmful effects of grass.... yes im very proud of my daughter.

Comment by Richard Goscicki on May 16, 2009 at 8:51pm

SGecko, your daughter has to be careful with whom she gets into arguments. Teachers can be mean and unfair.

I'd suggest using mj discretely under very safe conditions on special occasions like a concert, party or movie. Remember we’re living in near police state conditions when it comes to smoke. Don’t let a bust happen.

Your daughter sounds like a courageous girl. It’s your job to make sure she doesn’t get hurt, because mj makes people vulnerable. It’s a shame, but such is reality.

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on May 16, 2009 at 9:59pm

Absolutely that is good advise and yeah thats all why I said NO DOPE. But it was sad telling her that it was because of big brother and not a legitimate reason. Im sure in some very safe circumstances she will have a hit but thats it.
as far as vulnerable these poor little boys she occasionally dates, lets just say she is the aggressive one. And she is very cautious about going out with boys larger than her because she is really really petite for age.
She has been raised a young woman of free will. She is not held back by conventional sexual mores, and she is damn sure not held back because of being a female. Shes a little ball of screaming heathen fire. You dont have a heathen son about the age of 16 do ya

Comment by Richard Goscicki on May 16, 2009 at 10:25pm

Here's a paragraph from my book that deals with this fucked-up morality we're trying to live under. Pleasure is bad and sacrifice good becuase we're living for the afterlife.

Looking at herself in the mirror with a serene smile of success, Cynthia reminisced about the great times she had the last few weekends at the rave clubs. She loved to dress up sexy and beautiful, get there early, pick up the first good-looking hunk who turned her on. Then she’d spend the rest of the night disco dancing, having intriguing conversation, perhaps smoking a little grass – body stuff that makes the skin very sensitive to touch, nothing heavy – finally going up to the dark balcony and having doggie-style safe sex with her arms resting on the railing. While screwing she could overlook the festive dancers below, enjoy the Beats & Breaks music, and watch pixie light rays of color reflecting off the whirling glitter ball and the glitzy costumes. That was her idea of a good time, good clean All-American fun, and she tried to understand why this should be considered immoral by anyone who was into humanity and the human condition. -- especially in a world with so many people doing serious damage to one another and catastrophic damage to the environment.

Comment by Susan Stanko on May 17, 2009 at 11:12am

In the words of Jon Stewart, "What's wrong with us?"

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on May 18, 2009 at 9:56am

O Richard you have captured in your writing a serious truth!! Same thoughts I had years ago at raves or the really big gay clubs where masses of humanity would congregate and share whatever they felt like sharing with each other. The connectedness of it all!! No violence no animosity, just the human race of all colors shapes sizes, grinding touching loving the fact that we were all there and NO one could steal that moment. Play fantasy for a moment all Palestinian youth and Israeli youth devoid of sectarian hatred throbbing , pulsing with each other to a musical form that really dates back to our most primitive ancestors. They would be less likely to want to kill one another. i think. Thanks for that wonderful post.

Comment by Richard Goscicki on May 18, 2009 at 11:33am

SGecko, Thanks for the kinds words. Mirror Reversal says a lot says a lot about the human condition. I had the same fantasy about the Palestinians and the Israelis. My vision is an ET goes to Jerusalem and gets up on a soapbox. “You people suck because you don’t know how good you have it as human beings. You have no idea of all the luck it took for nature to evolve such a wonderful creature, and you give all the praise and glory to an imaginary god instead of the laws of nature that gave rise to you.

“So end this religious bullshit and enjoy your humanity. THERE AIN’T NO ALLAH AND THERE AIN’T NO YAHWEH. So shake hands, smoke a peace pipe stuffed with some glorious Arabian hash, dig each other’s music and dance, revel in diversity, have an old-fashion hippie fuckfest, and love life while you’re lucky enough to have it.

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