It’s time for America to wake up and smell the proverbial bong water, especially in the case of marijuana decriminalization and legalization.It’s funny to me that Americans don’t understand that marijuana can be found just about anywhere . if you know the right people.

Those people are called drug dealers and I think that history has shown that 80 percent of those dealers aren’t just selling weed for groceries and gas but for organized crime.

Currently, America’s No. 1 cash crop is marijuana, bringing in an estimated $5 billion a year.

How much is the general public making from these sales? Nothing.

Now, if you can put down the joint long enough to recall the early 1900s, after the power of prohibition saw alcohol being stilled in bathtubs and wooded areas, it seemed to lawmakers that the country’s problems were solved . well, until they weren’t.

The same process used to obtain liquor at that time is employed to obtain marijuana now . visiting a dealer.

Now lawmakers, psychologists and law enforcement officers all want to throw around the ‘gateway-drug’ theory, but studies show many people drift toward more dangerous drugs because they’re unable to find marijuana.

Imagine the effects of cutting out this ‘middle man’ for marijuana. With the right proof, anyone of a certain age could decide to buy, grind and smoke the herb whenever they wanted, and if most of the stoned populous is already doing it, why shouldn’t the government at least make some money from this operation.

I mean, would it really be so bad if a few Tennesseans wanted to enjoy a toke if the proceeds paid for a new school or a college education?

It’s funny to me that Tennesseans are appalled by the idea of a bong hit paying for education, but they’ll gladly allow people to gamble away their rent money, hoping to win $5, slap a scholarship on it and call it the lottery.

So, whenever we eventually find the legalization vote on the ballot, put down the pipe and head to the polls. History will thank you.

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