today is 4/20. if you don’t know, this day is "celebrated" by marijuana advocates and enthusiasts:
wikipedia
huffington post
snopes
i myself honored the day today by visiting some dispensaries in san francisco.
sure, as a younger person of the 70’s & 80’s i smoked weed and drank for fun, along with some engagements with other substances for partying and/or enlightenment-searching (i say this with both self-respect and self-humor!)
from my late 20’s to mid 30’s i refrained from everything. until i was injured at 38. now, as a decades-long bearer of chronic pain/disability/debility – (and a lifelong carrier of the genes of chronic depressions) – i’ve reintroduced the use of mj for medicinal purposes.
listen, i’m a "cheap date". i don’t need (or want) much to be greatly affected by substances. i’m already on various other doctor-prescribed medications, and usually take about 1/4th the dose the docs want me to (shhhhh!) even that is an every-single-fucking-day balancing act. sometimes i get migraines from simple ibuprofen. mostly i am overcome by fatigue and organ breakdown from the meds.
and particularly with my teenage experiences using pot to numb myself to severe trauma/ptsd, i was skeptical to try grass for medical purposes. but after everything i’ve been through these past 17 years, i’ve found myself open, willing, to give just about anything a try.
here are the current facts: i weekly on/off again, mostly ingest marijuana in very small amounts to relieve some pain, increase some metabolism, and alleviate some depression.
beyond that, i also have very clear, strong opinions about:
~ criminalization/legalization
~ the use of anything as an addictive experience
~ what i see as a travesty of justice concerning the demonization of marijuana in light of
the glorification of alcohol (esp. in light of the overwhelming evidence of the misuse & abuse of alcohol as a source of illness’, disease, accidents, & death – faaaaaar beyond that which the use of marijuana could be blamed for) ………….
and so on, but which i won’t go any further with here and now.
today i wore a lime green t-shirt with the sparkly words prettily scrolled across the front:
"magically delicious!" i consider reefer to be a powerfully magical natural herbal medication, in moderation, respect, and with conscious use (and yes, for fun too, just as alcohol or food etc!) and i like the delicious smell and taste (unlike tobacco for instance – *blech!*).
the time has come. let’s evolve, get this party started so to speak. let’s move on, forward.
Posted by giggie larue on 2011-04-21 05:48:26
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