IM DETECTIVE DAN! and I'm a criminal...

Hello kids, your old pal DETECTIVE DAN...some may get that reference...here today to blog....using my logic to debunk rumors, falsehood or general propaganda.

Today's subject? MARIJUANA!

Upon reading this you should know the following.

I usually smoke pot once a week.
I do not smoke cigarettes.
I do not drink. [with exceptional swigs every now and then]
I do not do other drugs.

Okay lets start off with Prop 1 in Michigan... Now this prop makes medical marijuana legal in...you guessed... the state of Michigan.

As to my knowledge at this time, this prop came to pass which of course means that it's now legal in Michigan. [medicinal purposes only of course] As well as the state of Massachusetts.

Below is a video about an anti drug Czar speaking out about it....



Let's break this asshole's points down one by one...

Point 1 - We underestimate the "seriousness" of marijuana

Counterpoint - Notice how he doesn't elaborate? If we underestimate such...care to explain what it's true effects are?

Point 2 - "They could also get high on crack, meth, or heroine"

Counterpoint - All of which have been proven to cause harmful effects on a persons body unlike marijuana.

Point 3 - There is pollutants in the smoke as well as pesticides from the way it's grown.

Counterpoint - You mean similar to the pollutants in the cigarettes and pesticides in the fruit you legally sell?

Point 4 - Though people get high and feel better upon doing so, it isn't "medicine"

Counter - Care to explain what medicine is? Is medicine supposed to make you feel worse? By giving you pain pills or by numbing your body or giving you laughing gas are they not drugging you up? Making you feel better so you don't feel the pain beforehand which will lead to you feeling better after?

Point 5 - Smoked marijuana can not demonstrate an efficent and effective [medical] drug.

Counter - Last time I checked smoke wasn't the only way Marijuana or THC could enter your system to provide you with a relaxing high.... It can also be digested with food...

Point 6 - SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN... what type of example would marijuana vending machines set for the children?

Counter - ....Fuck your children. That's right I said it...fuck em'. Not literally of course, but in a metaphorical way. I'm tired of having my media censored, my music rated, my movies rated, and my video games rated as obscene or indecent because it may offend you or your child. Future blogs will elaborate more on that point, but mainly we as a society make decisions when we are adults. We have the power to vote as an adult, our voices are not heard until we become adults. Instead of having to police everything...why not FORCE the parents to do their duties as parents to talk to children about violence, sex, drugs, and everything else? Why should I have to suffer because Shela Soccer Mom is too busy baking cookies to talk to her son? If that's the case, she's a moron, her son doesn't have a future, and I'll be glad when they die.

Furthermore I actually watched a video about accessing these vending machines.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe_6opRXOcg to be exact...

You have to go through a good amount of procedures first you must get a prescription you will then be finger printed and given an access card provided it's after store hours, they will be in the presence of a security guard they must slide the card put their finger prints in and their picture will be taken by a camera....

Which sounds harder for children to do? Pass all those procedures or....oh say..make a fake ID to access LEGAL alcohol or cigarettes...sometimes these children aren't even carded at all.

I won't be naive, sometimes those who aren't supposed to access it will, but it should happen much less frequently than alcohol or liquor.

FINAL POINT - Making medical marijuana legal is only putting a blanket over an addiction and justifying an addiction ignoring the harm it does to the user and community/society

Counter - what harm exactly? Has there been any proven health defects? Has marijuana been linked as the main cause of many or any crimes at all? Versus the car accidents from drinking and driving and the fights that occur at bars or in public all across the world?


Lets just be honest here....it isn't illegal because they care for our best interest. It's illegal because it doesn't make the government money...yet.

They have no problems selling cigarettes..which..rumor has it..could lead to cancer or alcohol which could lead to liver disease among car accidents and several other ways one could die.

Now sure...drinking and driving is illegal...but yet they have bars...places you to go that serve alcohol. Do they not sell alcohol at numerous events including fairs and sporting events?

One would figure if you drive there you must drive home.

That's what they want....

You see if you're busted for drinking and driving, being drunk in public, or violent crimes that could occur while being under the influence... you go to jail or get fined... either way the government makes money from your fuck up...do they not?

Now marijuana? I've yet to be angry whilist being stoned, nor have I acted out any violent behavior. If you don't commit crimes while stoned... you no makey government money do ya?

Now I believe that driving while being high is a bad idea as well, but with the technology we have THC in a persons system could easily be discovered. A simple hair sample or urine test following a car accident or speeding ticket could indicate if their was marijuana present in the individual's system.

Finally lets investigate...the commercials....

Since marijuana came to the United States..there has always been a commercial that has opposed it. Pretty much anything you could imagine has been invented to halt the use of marijuana. It could kill you, you could receive an STD, you could get sick, it'll reduce your sperm count, etc.

I think most people have seen these or know of these commercials as well as the movie Refer Madness.

Now time after time EACH myth has been proven to be untrue. Lets move to the present day anti weed commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUxjI8BhJDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwxEW82Fok

First off the second commercial debunks the theory that marijuana is a "gateway" drug, which is something that's been shoved down our throats for millions of years.

Basically the point of these commercials state the point that you won't die of cancer from marijuana, you won't die of liver disease, you won't die in a car accident from marijuana... I'll sit on my couch, my life will be boring....and I won't have any friends....

Good thing you're so concerned with my social life.

Sure I could be outside, robbing banks, murdering people, raping women, molesting children, but I'm sitting on my couch instead... I'M SUCH A FUCKING ASSHOLE.

You know what they are doing?

They have realized that unlike the anti smoking commercials they can't use cancer or other health effects.

They have to use opinionated peer pressure nonsense. It is not a scientific fact that I will sit on my couch if I'm stoned, it's not scientifically proven that I won't have friends or a social life because of weed...

I can prove however, that I personally, have made friends because of weed. I can also confirm I've participated in social events because of weed and have done tasks of a social nature while under the influence.

Sure.. I may be under the influence of weed, but I'm above the influence of listening to what other people tell me and believing it as those it were gospel.

Further more, fuck the anti smoking commercials too. There are 0 commercials for cigarettes on television these days, yet billions of anti smoking commercials. If you care about my health, why not make commercials advising me that McDonalds in access could be bad for me as could soda, ice cream, or anything else with an abundance of sugar and fat?

What...that's supposed to be common knowledge? I'm supposed to already know that? Well I'm pretty sure it's also common knowledge that cigarettes are dangerous to one's health as well. In fact I remember learning about such in school, not because of a commercial I saw during WRASSLIN.

This is America, we have the freedom of speach. Though I may not like your commercials...you have the right to show them, but shouldn't...as long as it's legal... cigarette companies have a right to advertise their legal product like beer companies often do?

If they can't show their commercials, you shouldn't be allowed to read me the riot act.

Though I don't believe that marijuana should be illegal if cigarettes and alcohol aren't, I do believe that there are FAR worse problems in life to concern yourself with...then someone else's "second hand smoke"

So....

Roll a joint, puff a cigarette, pop a cap, and pretend that your life isn't as miserable as what it truly is.

Though in most cases you may not be a criminal, according to society you will be an asshole for all of the above.

IM DETECTIVE DAN [the criminal] AND IM SIGNING OFF.