Everybody’s Going to Pot…

Everybody’s Going to Pot…

By Michael Coulter

You know what, Ralph? I am beginning to think all this going on with marijuana being legalized is making people obsessed with the stuff, as if you can’t get it at just about any street corner these days from your neighborhood druggie. Just when I thought now that this dysfunctional socalled drug commission in Little Rock finally managed to select the manufacturers and recently the dope peddlers to the nearly 7,000 “registered” customers with some type of disease I see now some pothead politician filing a bill that would more than triple the number of conditions that would allow someone to use marijuana in Arkansas.

That’s right Ralph, more than triple the current approved conditions that Rep. Doug House, R-North Little Rock, wants fellow politicians to approve. Currently, as you are probably well aware, there are now 18 specific medical conditions that qualify for marijuana use and this House character wants to increase that number to 57.

And get this Ralph, this joker for a politician is using the excuse his legislation aims to keep pot users or doctors from lying, so that a person needing a medical marijuana identification card can get one.

“We’re trying to keep it honest,” House said while talking about his proposed pot legislation.

Those Arkansans already approved to legally toke up are waiting with baited breath for the stuff to be sold sometime in April. I read where House said he drafted the expand list of new conditions by listening to pot smokers, looking at other states’ qualifying conditions and combing through medical research.

And then there is this woman by the name of Melissa Faults, a patient advocate, who is praising House’s efforts, saying it would give more access to people who she says need marijuana.

It is somewhat funny that House is saying he isn’t sure how his expanded pot bill will be received by his fellow politicians who were mostly antagonistic toward the use of marijuana for so-called medical purposes in 2017.

I’ll certainly be interesting in how they act on this also, particularly in light of the fact I believe all this is nothing more than a well-planned, money grabbing and get rich scheme.

Just for humor’s sake Ralph let me list a few of the new reasons to toke up under House’s proposed pot legislation. So, lets begin by listing the conditions we best identify with such a asthma, attention deficit disorder, bipolar disorder, chronic insomnia, emphysema, general anxiety disorder, migraine, Parkinson’s disease, restless leg syndrome, post concussion syndrome or even traumatic brain injury.

Now then Ralph, you know as well as I, that we’ve overblown this so-called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Back in the day such a condition was treated with a good ole fashioned butt woopin’. And, tell me Ralph how will smoking pot do anything for treating asthma or even bipolar disorder. Seems to me it would simply exacerbate the situation. And, what about this so-called general anxiety disorder. Heck Ralph, I see you have this affliction every day at work. I can just imagine how you will react after toking up about mid-morning.

Again Ralph, this entire pot craze going on in Arkansas is about a bunch of people out to make big bucks and pushing legislation that ultimately will lead to legalization pot for so-called recreational use. Oh, and let’s not fail to mention that Arkansas coffers will certainly benefit from legalizing pot that some say is the new miracle drug.

I can just imagine Ralph how the old hippies of the 60s and 70s are enjoying this and how many are happy they’re able to push their wheel chairs down the block to the nearest legal drug peddler. Mark my words Ralph we’ll be voting on full blown marijuana use in the near future and we can all get high any time we want.

Won’t that be just marvelous?