Only YOU are responsible for YOUR Cannabis Consumption
So many times I read articles that showcase a “teen” struggling with “Marijuana Addiction”. I’m not saying that ‘some people’ won’t get addicted to cannabis. It’s entirely possible under the same premise that you can get addicted to sex, sports and work.
Some people just have an addictive personality. They find something they like, and they want to do it over-and-over again, even to the detriment of their health. However, does this mean that we should give the state a right to dictate what we can and cannot consume?
This is the point that I think most of these “victim-focused” anti-cannabis articles miss. Let me put things into perspective.
A Teen talks about his Pot Problem…
Usually, these victim-focused articles has a subject. Let’s call him “Dean” for the sake of argument. Dean talks about how he started smoking weed when he was 15. Then, after Colorado legalized cannabis, he claims that he gained access to “high grade pot” that wasn’t available on the street. He would convince other adults to buy it for him, thus circumventing the legal loophole.
Access to this “premium weed” exacerbated his consumption habits. He started looking for it with higher prevalence, and eventually his life went to shit when he did something stupid while smoking weed.
THE END!
However, this is not the end. The idea of these kinds of articles is to make people think, “Poor Dean, he got caught in a system and his life was ruined. Let it be a warning for others!”
Yet, what these articles fail to recognize is that “Dean” is his own person. Sure, “Dean” broke the law because he was underage. Dean had some bad players sell him pot. These are all legitimate concerns.
However, alternatively, Dean would still have bought pot from cartels or other street dealers. Therefore, illegal or not, the same sales model holds true [for under aged users].
Yet the most important point of all falls on the consumer itself. Sure, some people would say “You can’t blame an addict”, but the thing is…you can.
The fact that someone is addicted is due to a series of choices the person made. We cannot make the “addict” void of responsibility. Whether you are 15 or 35, you still have a responsibility over your own life.
You are Responsible for everything in your life except “drug consumption”?
Within most governments around the world, the individual has the right to eat as much junk food as they would like. They have the right to never do exercise. They have the right to have unprotected sex with as many partners as they can. They are responsible for personal hygiene and their own health and wellness.
However, for some strange reason…the moment you include “consuming drugs”, people suddenly do not have the capabilities to be responsible for themselves. We require “laws” to dictate that “this is not okay”.
We claim that we do this because we are “looking out for their best interests”, however, is this accurate? If we don’t have laws surrounding our diets, exercise, sex and everything else that might pose some sort of “risk” if abused, then why are we so unjustly only doing so with drugs?
Our fictional character “Dean” wasn’t forced to smoke weed. He wasn’t failed by the system, he was failed by his own support system. He didn’t have people who gave enough of a shit about his life to intervene when they saw things go badly. It’s not the responsibility of the state to make you safe from your own choices.
The only purpose of the state is to protect your rights and the rights of others. To maintain freedom and some sense of order. Everything beyond this basic premise of government, is overreach and invasive. In relation to drugs, it’s outright hypocritical.
You cannot claim to be “looking out for the citizen” when it comes to drugs, and not have legislation against excessively eating junk food. Heart Disease is the #1 killer in the United States, with a vast percentage related to poor diet.
If McDonalds kill more people each year than all illegal drugs combined…then we have a solid case for legislating diets. We have a direct correlation between poor eating habits, which has a direct cost associated with it and a very real death toll.
Under the premise why we keep drugs illegal, we should be advocating restricting the diets of those who are overweight, force them to do exercise and increase taxes [for them personally] on junk food until they reach a particular weight goal.
Sounds a bit intrusive don’t you think? Giving the state that much power over what you can and cannot put into your body?
Well, what I explained to you right now is exactly what the “drug war” is all about. It’s using legislation to dictate what you can and cannot put into your body. It’s removing “YOU” from the equation of “YOUR consumption habits”. Perhaps it’s time to shift the responsibility of personal health and wellness, back to the individual.
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