09-07-2018, 10:30 AM
"Are you sure you live in lower Puna? I find it strange to be having this debate outside of a church social or a red state" -ironyak
I have mixed feelings about marijuana legalization after living in Puna most of my life. I've studied cultural anthropology and understand humans have always sought out substances to alter their consciousness as can be found in excavated grave sites going way way back. Our earliest ancestors buried their loved ones with weed and other substances and other items dear to them. I understand and honor the need. What I don't get is daily habitual use instead of on an occasional basis and smoked or ingested with reverence and intent such as we have studied with indigenous tribal rituals. What I see is it being used as a waking neurological anesthetic. Smoking weed is like taking a valium plus major insights if one is still enough. Powerful stuff and a gift from the Gods in my opinion, not to be taken lightly.
Living and working around people high on it all day every day or most of the day or days doesn't seem healthy and I notice a good deal of suppressed emotions erupting inappropriately with daily smokers. I notice other emotional imbalances as well but won't go into it here.
I believe in minimal laws so yes by all means make it legal however I am not looking forward to the long term effects it will have on our society if we continue to think it's harmless to smoke habitually when it becomes legal.
Just my opinion at the moment. First to admit I learn something new everyday.
I have mixed feelings about marijuana legalization after living in Puna most of my life. I've studied cultural anthropology and understand humans have always sought out substances to alter their consciousness as can be found in excavated grave sites going way way back. Our earliest ancestors buried their loved ones with weed and other substances and other items dear to them. I understand and honor the need. What I don't get is daily habitual use instead of on an occasional basis and smoked or ingested with reverence and intent such as we have studied with indigenous tribal rituals. What I see is it being used as a waking neurological anesthetic. Smoking weed is like taking a valium plus major insights if one is still enough. Powerful stuff and a gift from the Gods in my opinion, not to be taken lightly.
Living and working around people high on it all day every day or most of the day or days doesn't seem healthy and I notice a good deal of suppressed emotions erupting inappropriately with daily smokers. I notice other emotional imbalances as well but won't go into it here.
I believe in minimal laws so yes by all means make it legal however I am not looking forward to the long term effects it will have on our society if we continue to think it's harmless to smoke habitually when it becomes legal.
Just my opinion at the moment. First to admit I learn something new everyday.