Marijuana

A lot of people would like to see marijuana legalized in Canada.

Advocates claim that marijuana is the wonder drug. It supposedly serves as a wicked painkiller for those with terminal illnesses and doesn't harm the average joe that smokes up. They would like to see joints sold at the corner 7-Eleven right beside packs of cigarettes.

Screw that. Does anybody remember that whole cigarettes and lung cancer thing? Heck, after spending millions on various ad campaigns to get people to quit smoking, now is a great time for the government to say dope is okay!

Anybody that believes marijuana is any healthier than tobacco can go play in traffic. People that smoke marijuana not only do so unfiltered (like a filter does anything anyways) but also hold their breath as long as possible, depriving their brains of oxygen as much as possible.

But it grows in the ground, right? God made it. It's only natural, it can't hurt us! Yes. This is a bullshit argument. A lot of god's creations will kill you. Like the lions that you should be fed to.

So few people smoke in this country we could almost ban it. And we pretty much have already. Where can anybody smoke anymore? It is pretty much restricted to the outdoors and the confines of your own private property. Like marijuana use is.

Now this isn't saying that marijuana and tobacco are any worse than alcohol. The only reason we don't try to ban hard liquor is that it keeps pregnancy rates up.

So, the legalization of marijuana is stupid. But at the same time, the decriminalization of marijuana is a good thing. No more criminal records for potheads. Just fine them, then let them go free, and hope to catch them tomorrow and give them another fine. That way, we still collect the money we would have acquired by taxing the crap out of legalized marijuana, people keep drugs out of the public eye, and we save money by avoiding the courts.

This way, the government still rakes in some cash while not looking like they condone marijuana use, the dopeheads don't go to jail and everyone goes home happy.

Additionally, the government should hook up the seriously ill whatever drugs they want. It's only fair. If I was going to die, I'd want to be higher than a kite too.