Friday, March 6, 2009
A society hindered?
In The Botany of Desire, on the chapter regarding Marijuana it was said that "cultures tend to be more wary of these plants, and for a good reason: they pose a threat to the smooth workings of the social order"--a statement that is incredibly subjective. To begin with, who determines what deems a social order as a smooth working model? The social order is intricate; interlaced with people all embodying different ideals and preconceived notions on things--to make it universal, and fit it with a standard would be to ignore the uniqueness of it, and consequently disregard our basic freedoms of thought. Fitting marijuana with the label of "bad" or "unproductive" is to label it preemptively and deem it unworthy of a society that functions to our liking. Such preemptive measures are limiting, and in my opinion restrict us mentally. Those who label marijuana as destructive and confining are actually limiting themselves in the process. While by no means am I telling people to smoke marijuana, but I am telling people to broaden their horizons mentally. Judging a group of people, and predetermining their productivity based on the use of a recreational drug is no better than ruling out theories before testing them. Marijuana just suits a different demographic of people, but that doesn't mean that those people are any less worthy of a "working societal" model than those who chose not to engage with drugs. I feel like the moment we think we can decide who belongs in a society, and who doesn’t, we become the monsters we are so worried drugs will transform us into.
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I agree with what you have to say. If someone does not want to smoke marijuana than that is no big deal at all but do not try and take it away or bad mouth people who do smoke. And the whole point of posing a threat to the smooth workings of social order is shite. I am from the Philadelphia area and most of the marijuana dealers I know are respected lawyers and doctors. Smoking marijuana is not a public issue but a personal issue. Marijuana has a negative effect on a person who lets this plant take control of them just like some people have a problem with spending money on dumb shit but not everyone has a spending problem. O and by the way, the majority of all the music, art, quotes, and writings people like are influenced by marijuana or some other type of pyschadelic drug because you are able to step into a different reality and see the beauty of this reality in a different way.
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