Choose the loser: Pothead politicians or gramatically incorrect journalists

If you chose the later option, you’re correct. Check out this article: Drew Griffin blog post

I am not a pot smoker. I took one puff in eighth grade and that’s it. I don’t regret it and I certainly don’t think I’ve turned into a “loser”. I’m about to graduate from a private Catholic university with a journalism degree, a 3.8 GPA and an internship at a Fortune 500 company under my belt.

Drew Griffin’s logic is just off. I may be a little biased because I do not believe the government should interfere strongly with what we decide to do with our own bodies. But arguing marijuana should be illegalized because it creates losers just shows Mr. Griffin has no idea what he’s talking about. Yes, you spoke with all prosecutors and police men. But did you talk to any average people? Or any other successful people? Last time I checked, success isn’t confined to police officers, prosecutors and DEA officers. And, by the way, did you ask any of those prosecutors or police men if they have ever smoked pot? Now that would be an interesting story.

Anyway, by saying rappers shouldn’t be allowed to talk about pot, Mr. Griffin is saying because something is illegal, no one should talk about it or have his or her own opinion on it. Think about it this way: drinking is illegal for those under 21. No matter what you think about the drinking age, any sane person would agree that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be allowed to talk about it. If the First Amendment protects hate speech, why shouldn’t it protect someone who talks about drugs or sex or alcohol?

Even more frustrating than Mr. Griffin’s desire to throw out the first amendment is his assumption that everyone who has ever smoked pot is a loser. Here are just a few presidents who have definitely or who have been strongly rumored to have smoked pot (Info courtesy of Presidents and Pot)

George Washington (grew it on his plantation and smoked it to aid toothaches)
Thomas Jefferson (grew and smoked it)
former President John F. Kennedy
former President Bill Clinton
former President George W. Bush (it’s also highly suspected he used cocaine)…
President Barack Obama (also admitted to using a “little blow” in one of his books).

 

Image courtesy of 420magazine.com

(It might be important to note hemp had many uses at in the 1700s, which could be one reason why early presidents grew and used it.)

OK, so there you have it. Whether you loved or hated any of these presidents, you can’t deny that becoming the president of the United States of America probably proves you are one of the most, if not the most, successful people in America. And some even did cocaine. And survived. And went on to live normal lives. But just in case that list wasn’t enough, here are some more “successful” people who have smoked pot before:
Michael Phelps
Michael Bloomberg
Ted Turner
Stephen King
Arnold Schwarzenegger

(Info courtesy of  Coed Magazine; Image courtesy of socratesvotes.com)

Losers smoke pot. So do average people. So do successful people. People smoke pot to unwind and relax, basically the same reasons people have a glass of wine or a scotch on the rocks. To chill.

Saying people who smoke pot are only losers just proves how truly uninformed the author is.

And I’d also like to point out, in my eyes, the author lost completely every inch of credibility when he couldn’t even use a comma in the correct spot. He wrote, “The DEA agents who raided this home, could raid similar homes everyday, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and still the marijuana would grow.”

Answer me this question, Mr. Griffin: Is the loser the man who smoked pot a few times during his childhood and later went to college and became president of the USA? Or, maybe, is it the man who doesn’t even know you never place a comma between the subject and the verb of a sentence unless it has a non-essential clause between it?

Just think about it.

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