Pot Tastes Like Butterscotch!

is it butterscotch is awesome when you've smoked pot?

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This is the article from my college newspaper that a Mr. Bryce Cooper wrote. He is a regular columnist and his columns became increasingly worse of the duration of the school year. I'm fine with someone differing from my opinion, but please, if you write a column for a newspaper on a regular basis do it better than this.

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Marijuana best left Illegal
by Bryce Cooper

Once again the great state of California has come up with an outstanding proposition. This particular one titled "Proposition 215" calls for the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes.

"Proposition 215" is just another absurd bill that California is trying to sneak by the federal government. Legalizing a drug like marijuana makes for nothing but negative consequences.

Some San Francisco leaders say it's worth it to choose pot over pain when considering getting into the medical marijuana business.

Legalizing a drug like marijuana can do more harm than good.

Yes, medical marijuana can minimize some pain a person is having from a disease like glaucoma, but it also can increase the chances for lung cancer.

Sacrificing a person's pain for the possibility of greater pain or death is an equation that doesn't add up.

Although the proposition has many backers in the extremely experimental state of California, the federal government isn't pleased.

Federal agents have conducted several raids around the Bay Area and could easily tie the city up in court or pull federal funding.

Josh Kriegel of the San Francisco Republican Party said that, "It's not just the one federal law, it's also a 'Schedule 1' drug, as recognized by the federal government and the FDA, meaning that it's classified as a narcotic that's subject to frequent potential abuses."

Not only is legalizing a drug like pot dangerous to the patients' physical health, it could be a legal issue as well.

Legal experts say helping grow and distribute pot could make San Francisco more liable for accidents and problems involving those high on city-sanctioned pot.

Californians should concentrate on growing up instead of growing pot.
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And here is the letter to the editor I wrote. When it was published some of the smart-ass remarks were taken out because of the schools policy on all that jazz. But I give you the uncut version.

Dear Bryce Cooper,

Please tell me you are kidding.

I look forward to reading the Shield every Thursday solely to read the misinformation that gurgles from your mouth. It's as if George Bush actually has his hand up your ass, Mr. Cooper, making you dance like the pathetic ditto head you are.

Marijuana should be legalized, or at the very least not an issue. There are a number of reasons to legalize pot.

The only point made against pot by you, Bryce, is that it causes cancer. In this case, we should outlaw cigarettes due to the same reason. And we should outlaw alcohol due to potential liver damage.

Cigarettes are known to be physically addictive. Alcohol may be additive to some people. While these are legal and used widely in the U.S., marijuana is not condoned.

To over dose on pot is physically impossible. But if you would spend a mere five minutes doing research, you would know the U.S. Institute of Medicine study has declared, "fewer than one in 10 marijuana smokers become regular users of the drug, and most voluntary cease their use after 34 years of age. By comparison, 15 percent of alcohol consumers and 32 percent of tobacco smokers exhibit symptoms of drug dependence."

You may say, 'but Jesse, dear, just because we have those substances legal doesn't justify legalizing other substances knowing the ill effects before hand.' And I would say, 'about time you made a point, Brycie.'

Do I also need to point out the falsehood of pot being a 'gateway drug'? There is no reputable medical data that supports this charge. On the contrary, studies have shown that pot does not ‘prime’ the brain for using other drugs. The only way pot can be a 'gateway drug' is by keeping it illegal. By telling people that pot is as detrimental as cocaine and heroine is the most dangerous thing you can do.

Here's my solution, Coopster. Legalize pot. Give hard drugs (i.e. cocaine, heroine, P.C.P.) stiffer penalties to show people which drugs are truly detrimental. Good evidence for this working is that Holland decided over 25 years ago to separate marijuana from the illicit drug market by permitting coffee shops all over the country to sell small amounts of marijuana to adults. These individuals use marijuana and other drugs at rates less than half of their American counterparts.

In closing, marijuana is already the third most popular recreational drug in America. Millions of Americans smoke it responsibly. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it.

Put that in your hookah, and smoke it.

Hugs,

Jesse Damon
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Now I'm a bit phaclemphed (sp? -- is there a correct way?). Please talk amongst your selves. I'll get you started, the Vienna Boys Choir is neither in Vienna nor boys...discuss. *horrible SNL reference*

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Reply #1 Top
I like how Bryce cooper mentioned that there were nothing but negative consequences for legalizing marjiuana, but only mentioned one health detriment to the user. You of course addressed this in your response letter which i feel was filled with the appropriate amount of sass.
Reply #2 Top
The first article looks like every sentence is supposed to start a paragraph, but nothing ever comes. Pathetic composition, and dumb too.
Reply #3 Top
yeah, his articles were always like this, and i wish i couldve had a better opposition to my point because it looks like i picked the nearest ditto head (that missed class the day they were telling him what to say about pot, at that!). and i didnt mean to. so if anyone is against the legalization of pot please post in here cause i think i could argue it confidently enough. well, lets see, atleast.
Reply #4 Top
Yeah, i don't see why bryce cooper is allowed anywhere near a newspaper column. Every one of the letters to the editor i have read in opposition to his views have been at least 10 times more eloquent and well written than his. Usually longer too.
Reply #5 Top
Great Article Jesse...

It's hard to compare the situation in the Netherlands with that of the USA... there are a lot more people to factor into the equation. I dont know about legalizing pot, but de-criminilizing it could be a good idea - I have read about dudes going to Jail in the US for possessing what I would smoke on a big weekend - and I dont think that is feasible at all!!!

Just think of all the money the government could make of legalizing pot though - I mean, essentially, that is the only reason ciggies and drink is legal, in spite of all their failings, the government allows the sale of these products, because they make money from it... when's the last time you heard of someone being irresponsible with pot, that did anything worse than staying home on the couch all night... the negative social issues surrounding alcohol and those that are irresponsible with its consumption are far worse than ramifications of some stoned dude staying home playing x-box eating muffins.

BAM!!!
Reply #6 Top
He failed to mention that prolonged use of pot causes several other problems such as short term memory loss, severe....ummm.....what were we talking about?

Good article dude.
Reply #7 Top
nice masonm, but it when it comes to the long term problems are far less than many legal things and only when abused.
Reply #8 Top
And once you stop smoking marijuana, the short term memory problems usually fade.
Reply #9 Top
... and most voluntarily cease their use after 34 years of age


yeah !. 34 years of age. that's right. when you're 34, you get all grown up and shit. yeah. ahem. and you stop doing stupid stuff. yep, 34, that's the age, all right

*jumps out window*

mig XX

great article, jesse. you're wasted in here. get out and change the world. or change your pants. or something.
Reply #10 Top
Cool article.

I'm bored of all the why we should/shouldn't legalise weed, I don't mean that in a bad way about your article, cause I loved reading it and your argument was presented brilliantly - I just mean in a 'big picture' way... but maybe it's just my bias that's making me fed up, cause as far as I'm concerned it's all too obvious that it should be legal. Esecially because, legalising the stuff would remove the drug dealer from the equation - hooray! I don't smoke anymore, but I remember years of having to trudge round to some wankers house, sit and shoot the breeze with him talking about bullshit until the weed arrives, or you've spoken enough pleasanttries and you can say what you really came round for etc etc. And when you get it - who's to say it's not going to be poor quality shit? there's no quality control. Some of us are lucky and we get weed from our mates and everythigns happy and warm, but sometimes your dealers a prick : marijuana isn't a gateway - drug dealers are. Legalise hash and reduce the delears influence.

Hold on, what am I talking about - I loved stepping throught he gateway! [pauses for a few happy, muddled memories ]

But seriuosly, weeds no big deal but harder drugs can be - legalisation would help people make better more informed decisions because just like you say - lumping all drugs together is very misleading. if i had kids i'd rather that they got stoned than drunk, but western governments aren't supporting that desire... they encourage alcohol consumption and I'm sure we all agree on how disasterous alcohol abuse can be.
Reply #11 Top
Oh, and I forgot - on the 'gateway' argument:

I have always been more inclined to take ecstacy, magic mushrooms and cocaine when I've been drinking: smoking weed never made me feel like taking something else (too much hassle dude )
Reply #12 Top
I'll just answer the question you posed at the end of the article:

It's "verklempt".