I recent
commented on a blog, and suggested the person smoke pot to relieve stress. Being a Vietnamese vet from the sixties it
didn’t occur to me that there are still a lot of people that have never tried
it.
I guess the
cookies and such are all-right; but as an ex-smoker I find the process of an
occasional tote relaxing in itself.
I prefer a
pipe when I smoke, as there is no waste and no rolling involved. Nothing fancy, just a small metal or glass
pipe. You take a bud and crush it to tobacco
consistency and fill the bowl.
You will
need a Bic lighter, as you have to relight after every draw.
If you are a
beginner, you don’t want to smoke the whole bowl. Just light the pipe and take a small drag to
char the weed, and exhale quickly. Next
take a drag and hold it in your lungs for twenty or thirty seconds – whatever is
comfortable. Wait for a few minutes then
do it once more and stop. Two hits for
a beginner is enough. You are not looking
to do a bong with Cheech and Chong.
And you definitely don't want to smoke weed with Willie!
Have some pleasant
music on – relax. You won’t feel
particularly high but you will be relaxed.
When you have some down time from work or obligations do it again. You will learn where your comfortable limit
is.
If you don’t
overdo, this will be a pleasant experience and a relief from stress. You won’t get a hangover and the worst thing
that will happen is you will get the munchies.
Pot has
always had a bad rap from people that haven’t smoked. During the early twentieth century, white men
who were fine with bathtub gin and probation rum were horrified that the black
community was getting high on the Devil Weed.
Every since then pot has been made out to be an addictive killer that is
the stepping stone to herion or worse. And
yet, nobody ever smoked a joint and then beat his wife and kids.
There are
medical applications for pot but they are being suppressed by dinosaurs like Jeff
Beauregard Sessions. There is relief for
people suffering with Cancer, Parkinson’s, Epilepsy and PTSD; and this is a
natural plant, not a chemical concoction.
With this
blind irrational fear of marijuana, we have also suppressed the use of hemp as
a manufacturing product and a cash crop for farmers. Hemp grows quickly and can be turned into
cloth, paper, fuel pellets, rope and hundreds of other useful items.
Just like
racism, sexism and fundamentalism, a couple of older generations will have to
die off before more progressive thinking can prevail.
The Ol’Buzzard
