The first time I smoked marijuana was not a big deal to me. In fact, I had never heard of the stuff at the age of 13. The day started normally, I couldn’t wait to get to Billy’s house to have a cigarette (which I started shortly before). See Billy’s house was the best school skipping spot around. His parents really didn’t care as long as we didn’t destroy anything, or kill anyone.
So the day was like any other, for the past few weeks. Get up, walk towards school, hang out at Billy’s, play video games, watch movies, eat the craziest crap. This day however had a weird overtone, like just something wasn’t quite right. When I arrive at Billy’s, his older brother is there showing off something around a group of older teens. Being nosey I nudged my fat ass into the circle to see what the clamor was about.
There was this poor excuse for a cigarette looking thing in his hand. He goes on to tell everyone he just smoked some, and he loved it because it made him laugh so hard, he cried. I thought to myself, why the hell would I want to cry? This dude has to be nuts, I think. He lights it up, and takes a hit, he coughs and chokes violently IMO. It goes around the room by the time it gets to me, there’s very little left. I get one hit out of it, and cough pretty hard.
Needless to say, I didn’t get high my first time. It took one more time to get me high. I remember my friend telling me to go and make me a sandwich, that kept us laughing for the next twenty minutes solid. I was crying to the point I couldn’t see anymore due to the tears. It was the best high I’ve ever had (that I can recall).
This article was not my idea, it was someone else who had the idea first. That made me want to write my own experience.
To all potheads, stop hiding! Now is our time. There’s been a bill pre-filed to remove most of the penalties from marijuana, including growing. I know you sit there, hiding and smoking wishing one day that you would be able to smoke it without breaking the law. Well that time has come. It will still be illegal to possess marijuana, but the penalty would not be a prison sentence, rather a fine. We’re one step closer; the link for House Bill 1134 is here. Pass it around, tell anyone and everyone. The stats for the bill are as follows…
Removes the Mandatory Minimum Sentence for up to one ounce (~23g)
The fine in most cases is $500.
Fines that are paid go to the literacy fund.
Grow up to 5 plants, for personal use.
I see all the bullshit idiotic public figures trashing the idea before they even debate it with people that know what they’re talking about. So what people act goofy when they smoke pot? Have you ever watched a room full of drunks when you’re sober? Now that’s funny. When marijuana is smoked, it does impair our vision to be only clearer. Foods taste better. When was the last time alcohol helped regain one’s appetite? In the 13 states where marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes you have the option to use marijuana. No, allergies will not get you a weed card. AIDS, Cancer, and Multiple Sclerosis patients could use something a lot healthier for them, instead of dangerous addictive pain meds.
Have we become so dumb to sit back, and not believe fact? New Jersey is on the verge of legalization of medical marijuana. Since it’s still illegal, what’s going to happen is that the people that live under the poverty line? They will end up selling their marijuana in order to pay bills. Seen it with food stamps, seen it with pain meds. States like this will begin to see the potential of marijuana, and the tax revenue, finally legalizing it as a recreational drug.
Well I guess he’s no ‘Liar’. Henry Rollins always makes me listen to him somehow. He could be bitching about cute puppies, and I would still listen to him. In this video he’s totally right, we need to get angry, we need democracy. All the controls in place just restrict us more and more everyday.
This man knows his stuff when it comes to marijuana decriminalization, he leads the Drug Policy Alliance. This makes his second time on our site. Keep preaching Ethan!
I love the information this site has, and it displays some of them to you in a comic which are done rather well, and extend the main point, SHUT UP, and be cool.
