BudderScotch
Environmental Irritant
I'm every "Reefer Madness" kneejerk reactionaries worst nightmare-a successful stoner. I have smoked weed almost everyday of my life for the better part of 40 years and am none the worse for it. I've always held a job, often very responsible positions such as nuclear missile crewman, senior inspector for a major oil company, builder of racing boats including offshore powerboats and an independent businessman. Weed has NEVER interfered with my job. I can't say the same for alcohol, coke or 'ludes. Any time I screwed up on weed, I probably would have done the same thing straight.
Last year my wife and I reevaluated a lot of things we thought were important, things we thought we had wanted all our lives and most of them now seemed unimportant. We then picked up all our marbles and said "fuck this rat race" and got out at 50 and 52 years of age. Turn on, tune in and drop out. It took a long time to understand what Timothy Leary really meant. I didn't become a hermit-quite the contrary. I am an Amateur Radio Operator involved in emergency communication services. When disaster strikes and your cell phone and the 911 system goes down, my ham radio WILL WORK and I will provide my neighbors essential communication. I don't mention these things for any reason except to put a different face on the perception some people have of stoners. Please note that except for occasional light drinking the only recreational drug I still use is marijuana. The others didn't make much sense as a long-term survival strategy.
One of the things I bought last year was a V- Tower Extreme. This was my first convection vaporizer. It is one of the best investments I ever made. Think about this- from the India Hemp Commission report of 1898 well into the 21st century almost every study of marijuana, no matter how well intended has had it's results tainted by the effects of pyrolysis (and/or junk science). We have a drug that when SMOKED is less toxic than aspirin and now, through a vaporizer we reduce the health risk even further. How safe does a drug have to be before we stop spending billions of dollars in prosecution, tying up the court system and ruining the lives of otherwise law-abiding citizens? Does any government have the right to tell you how to experience consciousness? Even if I had never touched a joint I wouldn't want my tax dollars wasted on this travesty of justice.
One last thing. I'm pissed off. Weed was supposed to have been legalized long before now. That and I'm out of butterscotch.
Last year my wife and I reevaluated a lot of things we thought were important, things we thought we had wanted all our lives and most of them now seemed unimportant. We then picked up all our marbles and said "fuck this rat race" and got out at 50 and 52 years of age. Turn on, tune in and drop out. It took a long time to understand what Timothy Leary really meant. I didn't become a hermit-quite the contrary. I am an Amateur Radio Operator involved in emergency communication services. When disaster strikes and your cell phone and the 911 system goes down, my ham radio WILL WORK and I will provide my neighbors essential communication. I don't mention these things for any reason except to put a different face on the perception some people have of stoners. Please note that except for occasional light drinking the only recreational drug I still use is marijuana. The others didn't make much sense as a long-term survival strategy.
One of the things I bought last year was a V- Tower Extreme. This was my first convection vaporizer. It is one of the best investments I ever made. Think about this- from the India Hemp Commission report of 1898 well into the 21st century almost every study of marijuana, no matter how well intended has had it's results tainted by the effects of pyrolysis (and/or junk science). We have a drug that when SMOKED is less toxic than aspirin and now, through a vaporizer we reduce the health risk even further. How safe does a drug have to be before we stop spending billions of dollars in prosecution, tying up the court system and ruining the lives of otherwise law-abiding citizens? Does any government have the right to tell you how to experience consciousness? Even if I had never touched a joint I wouldn't want my tax dollars wasted on this travesty of justice.
One last thing. I'm pissed off. Weed was supposed to have been legalized long before now. That and I'm out of butterscotch.
-- AROMED 
-- VOLCANO (but I also hate it) :/ -- SSV 
-- VAPEZILLA 
-- MFLB 
