Mark Stepnoski

Former Cowboys lineman and NORML Texas Chapter President

 
YOU CAN LAWFULLY POSSESS & SMOKE MARIJUANA FOR YOUR OWN
INDIVIDUAL & RECREATIONAL USE IN 9 STATES

The worst thing about smoking marijuana
is some people that don't smoke

My criminal record was blank. They're holding me because I forgot to dump my bag coming from Mexico, and there was a joint the size of a toothpick. That was a threat to the national security?

                          



 

Boulder Time:

A friend of mine who has spent time with the Pygmies says that for such activities as the patient stalking and hunting of mammals
and fish they prepare themselves through marijuana
intoxication, which helps to make the long waits, boring
to anyone further evolved than a Komodo dragon,
at least moderately tolerable.
Ganja is, he says, their only cultivated crop

- Carl Sagan, "The Dragons of Eden," 1977


 

 Worldwide cannabis culture demands an official apology from the UN and world governments, that they acknowledge the war on cannabis and cannabis consumers was a vicious, murderous bigotry with no legitimate social or health concerns whatsoever.

I have long believed that the laws regarding marijuana are too harsh. Those who keep pot for their own personal use
should not be treated as criminals.
- Ann Landers

Why can't Cokeheads be in the Olympics?       They won't pass the torch.

Later this year I will celebrate 4 decades of recreational
and/or medicinal use of reefer.
Should I say R&D? In that time I have never experienced adulterated pot, one of the prohibitionists dubious claims for hazard.

About 15 years ago during a successful career and copious smokeage, the idea of addiction, or dependency if you will, prompted me to quit. Nine months later having determined that it did not change me personally, and having found a bag in my wife's purse, I fired up again because I enjoyed it. An interesting note, is that one of the conditions of pot use is the theoretical distortion of depth perception and time. During my first week of quit I found my mind to wander and while driving I'd find myself  losing concentration and some control. Conclusion? That one adapts to the alleged distorting effects and later must adapt back. No harm no foul, merely part of the game.

Yeper. forty years of toking. Alienated from phoney friends and ignorant family at times. One aspect was to have earned the suspicion of law enforcement. I do have a great respect for the badge inspite of its stains from prohibition. There is in life good, bad, and then there's the law.

A balance exists though. As aggressive as a small percentage of fascist cops may be, the courts often display intelligence and sanity. The District Attorneys and Judges can be very fair.

With so much rabid reefer madness there are shining examples where some Federal Judges refuse to try Drug Crimes on principle.

 How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb?  None, they'll let their children do it

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I am of course engaging in a perfect orgy of Miss Green & can hardly see straight right at this minute, whoo! 3 bombs a day.

There are two kinds of people, those that divide people into two kinds and those that don't' Let us all be one kind people. Myself, I am an Atheist, or a lifeist. Every day is a gift, worshiping all life. Somewhat humorously, yet proudly, I call myself a drug addict as well. Not being unhappy, remorseful or spiritual, I've found Narcotics Anonymous destructive. Looking for answers outside yourself seems a mistake. Addiction woes came from your own misthinking and may only be resolved by reordering the thought processes. I'm thankful to be an addict and not an alcoholic, gambler or Christian. I have the courage of my convictions, and my acquittals.

There is a brotherhood of tokers, an undeniable fellowship. Cannabis use promotes the spirit of fellowship. Gentle, respectful and harmful to no one, yet persecuted. Things don't change much in two thousand years, just the uniforms.

OK. Ok. How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?

Just one. But takes a really long time and the light bulb has to want to change.