Suburban Goddess

I’m always fascinated by Bill Maher. I was raised in a conservative Republican household, but my parents weren’t what I would consider die-hard Republicans. I think my mom would most times lean more towards the Democrat point of view on many issues. Maybe that’s why I’m so indecisive; I was taught to think things through before blindly accepting them. Unfortunately, I think them through so much, it usually ends in a mental stalemate, and I’m forced to go caffinate myself to jumpstart my brain from it’s vegetative state of overthinking…

Anyway, while watching Bill Maher this weekend, the subject of drugs came up on his show (as it often does.) Bill does not hide, in any way, his desire for the legalization of drugs. And I would have to say, I tend to carefully agree. I know many recreational drug users, people who smoke on the weekends, drop a little X while out partying, run a line while hanging in a club… and if you looked at them during the week, you would never have a clue. In fact, I was astonished when I discovered that so many people I know still use drugs.

The fact is, it’s hypocritical to tell people they can’t use drugs when alcohol and tobacco are still legal. And don’t get me started on pharmaceutical companies; I think they will be the downfall of the American dream. (Do you see the cycle? They fluff up the doctors & politicians, who in turn OVERMEDICATE the consumers to promote capitalism, which in turn zombifies the voting base so politicians can get away with murder and the rich keep getting richer…) Sorry. Rant. I hate big drug business.

But if THEY can get away with drugging us up, why can’t it be our own choice? I know, I know, I’ve heard the “you have to protect the children” schpiel already. But kids today are slamming cough syrup to get high; the fact is, if you’re not paying attention to what your kids are doing, it doesn’t matter what they’re using. They’ll use anything. God forbid my child ever use any kind of drug, but I would rather know she’s smoking weed than sniffing paint thinner. If she were doing either, I would hope that I was not blind enough to miss it and seriously question where I’ve failed her as a mother. (Calm down, I know a lot of REALLY good parents whose kids did drugs anyway, but in most cases, it was just a curiosity phase.I’m not saying you’re a bad parent if your kid does drugs. I’m saying you’re a bad parent if you catch them and don’t do anything about it!) But if it’s legal, you know who’s selling it, you know who’s buying it, and you know what you’re getting isn’t laced with coke or PCP or God knows what…

The greatest irony of all would be legalizing drugs and using the money to fund our pathetic education system. If the world’s largest superpower can be built by immigrants who were theives & murderers, then why can’t our education system be funded by drugs? At least we would have SMART junkies. Maybe they would even make an educated decision to never start using in the first place.

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