Twisted, perverted and sick

To most people, marijuana is just another casual recreation, something to indulge in just for the fun of it, when it's time to chill out and forget about all the work and stress that make the business of life so wearing and frustrating at times.

But to some people it's a lot more than that. It's theraputic, and it helps compensate for something inside them that otherwise interferes with their ability to be happy, or just to function like most of the rest of society does from day to day. And if you're one of those people, you'll probably really really like it the first time you try it, and before long find yourself thinking about little else whenever you run short.

This would be no big deal if marijuana were legal, like alcohol and all the pills the drug companies make to help us cheer up or calm down or whatever. But it isn't, and that brings down on the heads of all those who really need it the same collection of social evils our society has invented to deter people from trying anything not approved by the established power structure.

The worst thing about marijuana, as with most other street drugs, is the fact that you can't get it in most places without taking risks and doing things you'd rather not, such as breaking the law. And if you're someone who really really needs it, sometimes you'll do things you'd really really rather not do, like damage the lives of innocent people or hurt your loved ones. Or sacrifice anything else you have going for you and then have to stay really really stoned to make yourself forget there's something seriously wrong about that.

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I used to own a bunch of stock in Eli Lilly, and even had friends and relatives in significant positions there. And you know what? With all due respect to the people I know there, that made me the biggest and most successful drug pusher I knew. Three things in particular about that company stood out: it had been around a very long time, way over a hundred years; it made bigger profits than any other investment I had; and the literature they sent out around election time was shamelessly self-serving and contrary to the public interest.

But they deserve at least one break after all those complaints: the company is and always has been one of the biggest philanthropic organizations in the world. So at least when they take your money they give some of it back to people who may need it even more than you do.

No, I'm not suggesting Eli Lilly help legalize weed for profit. Nor am I suggesting anyone try it. Or not try it. I won't even say whether I've ever tried it myself. But I will say I don't much like it any more.

But most of all, I just wish our society would pull its head out of its ass and let the people who do like it make their own decisions about using it themselves.

Ok. That's enough whining for today, especially about something anyone with any sense knows already.

Oh yeah. The title? I couldn't think of anything that made sense and just took it off one of those pin-on buttons I had lying around, which sort of fit my mood anyway. The whole thing says "You're twisted, perverted, and sick. I like that in a person."