I would love to try pot for my arthritis, but I’m afraid of going to jail.  One more reason to get rid of most of Congress….

A very relevant, yet underplayed component to the issue of marijuana legalization is generational, which might well be a gamechanger. Obama, and many of his key appointees, are members of Generation Jones-—born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X. Many top national commentators (from Newsweek, NBC, CNN, etc.) have spoken about the importance and relevance of GenJones as the new generation of leadership; this could be a gamechanger re. the drug issue for at least two reasons:

1) Jonesers are by far the biggest pot smokers compared to the other generations. While Boomers are associated with pot, it was only a small, albeit very visible, segment of Boomers who actually smoked pot back in the day. Govt. and independent studies show that Jonesers as teens (in the 1970s) smoked 15 to 20 times more pot than Boomers did as teens.  And not only did Jonesers smoke much more grass than any other generation of teens in US history, but still today—in middle-age—smoke it a remarkable amount. The data is really striking.

2) One of the key collective personality traits consistently attributed to Jonesers is their pragmatism; they are far likelier to put aside ideology and deal with drugs in a realistic and practical way.

Here’s a page with a good recent overview about GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

If ever there was a generation of leadership open to legalizing pot, it probably is Generation Jones. And if there ever was a time that the country might be open to this change in drug laws, perhaps it’s now…

smoking chronic is better than taking pills and drinking liquor. I wish I could pursuade the state of Mississippi and louisiana to let me grow it and cultivate it for medicinal purposes. I am a nurse by trade an I strongly advocate marijuana use for certain symptoms and no I don’t smoke chronic. This is an alternative source of revenue for states with slow job growth and underemployment. It can also supplement farmers income here in the south, and keep competition out of this lucrative market that are being outsourced by other countries. Its good older people smoke weed and relax. As you get older you should be able to relax, and if chronic help you sleep, rest, and relax, more power to you.