You're all a bunch of potheads!

Ok, now that I have your attention, this article from Scientific American suggests that we have naturally occuring cannaboids, the class of chemicals in marijuana responsible for getting you stoned, in our bodies. Just the same way we have natually occuring opoids, and every other kind of hormone, neurotransmitter, or any other mind/body altering substance necessary to sustain proper function.

This raises some very interesting questions. First, if supplements of opoids (i.e. painkillers), hormones (i.e. estrogen in hormone replacement therapy for women), and even neurotransmitters (i.e. Selective Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Prozac) are allowed on the market for safe use, then why aren't supplements for the natural canniboids in our systems readily available at least at the doctor's prescription discretion level.

Second, when hemp-based cloth has been proven time and again to be a stronger, more durable fabric than cotton-based cloth, why do we continue to insist that hemp not be grown for commercial purposes such as clothing or rope?

...and the questions can go on ad nauseum. It's readily apparent that we must follow former President Clinton's example and have some lines drawn by people of a red state of mind and have some barriers shattered by those of a blue state of mind. So in other words, if you want to advertize zoloft, paxil, and prozac on the television, then don't, in the same breath, demonize marijuana because it comes from the ground rather than from a high tech lab. Remember, it was Vioxx that came from the lab...and it was cocaine that came from the land. Both have medicinal potential, but both are deadly. Of course, you know the solution is to legalize it all and tax the hell out of it, but that'd cut against the grain of conservative America. Ironiclly, it's conservative America that takes the greatest advantage of the social programs laid out by liberal America.

I find it very interesting that God dropped us off on the planet with all we need tucked neatly away in this skin we find ourselves in, but should we ever falter, should we ever dispair, God has left our cure, just growing here and there. After all, if you do buy the creation story wholeheartedly, then you have to admit that when God created the plant life on the earth that he created poppies filled with opium and marijuana full of THC. Now why would a rightous and awesome God leave drugs all scattered around the planet for people and animals to haphazardly graze upon? I mean, if you believe it all, then God was encouraging us to partake of the land whether it be eating corn on the cob or eating a magic mushroom.

Anyway, this article is a good read, check it out.