Wrong. Not true that I did that or said that.

Show me the MP3.

I am over 40 years old these days, and it has long since been time for us to solve this problem and move on. God, the energy, time, and resources we’ve wasted! I mean, am I going to die in another 40(60? 20!)years still hearing about America’s ‘war on drugs’? HA! Probably not, actually, because a big system like this one operating so inefficiently won’t function indefinitely. Just look at us right now.

So, how about some serious talk about the legalization, say, of marijuana? Could the tobacco companies help with production, marketing, and distribution? The plant is easy enough to grow, and this country could certainly use the revenue. It could be made available to anyone over 18, or should there be an minimum age requirement at all? It could be sold anywhere tobacco products are sold, and naturally subject to taxation. Customers could choose nuggets for smoking in pipes, for example, or something like an individual joint, or perhaps even marijuana buds that have been processed until they are the more or less the consistency and uniformity of a small sack of ground coffee beans.

Of course, inhaling smoke of any kind is a non-salubrious act in general, so maybe the way of the future is for us to learn to enjoy eating, rather than smoking, our marijuana. I personally would like to have a strawberry sodapop kind of cannabis-beverage, and the aforementioned ground marijuana could literally be used like salt or pepper, a seasoning to be added to a hamburger or steak just prior to consumption. In fact, it could be mixed with salt or pepper, in case finely ground marijuana particles don’t taste very good.

And on we go!

Why is crack cocaine a “bridge too far”? “I’m not for taking people’s guns away, but something must be done”?!

Scott, you did a good job of sitting on your hands for the most part (must have been frustrating). Too bad he didn’t fully embrace the tidbits of sanity you kept feeding him.