public perception

By kellymcgannahan, Alternet Blogs

I promised last time to talk about differentiating between medical and recreational marijuana.  With 14 states legalizing the use of medical marijuana and other states lining up behind, I think it is an important distinction to make.  There are plenty of us pot smokers who would use medical marijuana usage as an inside advantage to accessing legal marijuana.  It’s convenient, it would solve the problem of availability and it would give us partakers a certain level of protection against prosecution. But let’s not do that; let’s not use this important development to further the agenda of responsible recreational use.  Let’s declare our own front in the ongoing battle.  It will be the less popular front and the path of more resistance, but it will better serve the cause.