repeal day

I never understood how crazed fanaticism overtook an entire nation enough to ban alcohol. It's the same hysterical frenzy that caused marijuana to be labeled as some kind of death trap - which it's not....at all. Lo and behold, they legalized alcohol again and put a tax on it to make some needed cash - smart idea, that! But we're still too stupid to do that with pot. No, we'd rather fill the jails with people who don't belong there; make a little money in court fees - very little by comparison to taxation; get people killed over a little weed; and deny sick folks some relief. For all the good things this country has come up with, we've done some pretty stupid stuff, too. Banning marijuana is but one of those stupid things. 

So, let's all toast to repealing one stupid move! Then,  let's hope the idiots among us piss off so marijuana can be legalized before more people are incarcerated or die for nothing.

Oh, and NPR has a great bit on the 75th anniversary of the repeal.