Get with the program. Legalize weed.
Opinion by John Fetterman
John Fetterman, a Democrat, is the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.
Decades ago, our country outlawed a plant. This plant, then as now, has never resulted in a single overdose death. Since the plant is an outlaw, you’ll be branded one if you’re unlucky enough to get arrested for casually consuming it.
What a profoundly odd and destructive national fixation — one that seems more like superstition than rational argument.
So how do you convince a nation that something that could easily and benignly grow next to your prized tomatoes is a weed from hell coming for your children?
That was the work of “Reefer Madness,” the 1930s anti-weed propaganda paid for by a church group that wanted to scare anyone who ever thought of smoking a joint. I highly recommend giving it a fresh watch. Look at the imagery. Take in the propaganda. Realize that there was an orchestrated effort to criminalize it in a way that would be hilarious if not so sinister and destructive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/08/john-fetterman-legalize-marijuana-democrats/
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