The Self-Proclaimed Recluse: 420

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And .. It's 420. Hooray.
No, I don't smoke. I used to .. a lot. And I do like it. But sometimes it would give me headaches towards the end of my smoking period .. so I stopped. I am an advocate for legalizing marijuana, and not just so pot smokers can live it up.

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If you read any of my 420 themed quotes, you'll see that the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp, and that George Washington encouraged farmers to grow hemp wherever they could. Hemp pretty much established the economy in America.

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They don't tell you that in history books, of that I am certain. Sure, they tell you about tobacco and cotton, but what about one of the easiest crops to grow, that can be used to virtually anything? That doesn't destroy the land after harvest, making that land useless until it is turned over, and saves the need for a lot of logging?

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If anything, hemp should be grown in America at least to help stimulate the economy .. I mean, I won't get into the whole debate on whether or not people should be allowed to smoke pot freely.

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Let me just say this, you might have heard that if we legalize marijuana, we will just be helping the drug lords. NOT TRUE. The drug lords DO NOT want marijuana legalized (and therefor regulated and taxed) because it would just destroy their 'empires' that they have built! It will take away much of their business, and yes, they would still probably sell or move on to sell harder drugs, and no, I do not have an answer for that. But seriously, do you even know what is in the pot that most people buy? It is cut with crack cocaine, PCP, etc.! It is not PURE, and pot smokers do not always have the resources to access naturally grown pot.. meaning that they are putting extremely harsh chemicals in their bodies, when, if they were able to get a hold of natural pot, it would not be so harmful to them, nor would the second hand smoke that comes from it, if you were wondering.