Unfiltered Forever

I was checking Facebook today when I woke up and read a wonderful post from NORML. I just wanted to pass along the sentiment... On this National day of recognition, 4-20, among those of us who are referred to as the counterculture of this nation, please remember to not only celebrate the wonderful gift of cannabis but to take the time and look around you at the people who call us the counterculture and inform and educate them to the benefits of cannabis, not only medicinally, but spiritually as well. It is our responsibility today to approach those we know who are "not cool" and let them into our world and be messengers and missionaries of the cause, if you will. Happy 420 everyone!!! P.S. Don't forget to give back to Mother Earth on Thursday...it is her day that day!

Recently I wrote to my local State Senator and State Representative regarding HB1393 also known as "The compassionate use of marijuana act" that is currently being reviewed by the state health and human services committee. I asked each of them where they stood on the issue and to please explain briefly why they held the position that they do. Dave Reed simply responded to me via email with a resounding "Opposed" and did not offer any further comment on the matter which in my book means he is either under informed or close minded to the issue at hand. Sen. Don White responded to me on some beautiful letterhead (which made me wonder if he pays for that out of pocket, or if we taxpayers do) and addressed the issue of marijuana legalization, not HB 1393. He said that he was opposed to marijuana legalization and as far as medicinal marijuana use was concerned he felt it should be left to the Feds instead of our state government. Just a quick lesson in government

After getting the news in the wee hours of this morning that Steelers WR and Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes had been traded to the New York Jets for a fifth round draft pick I was stunned, not just at the fact that he had been dealt for such a low pick but that the undertones of marijuana prohibition in this country ring out loud and true...Even in the NFL. Here is a man who has worked hard his entire life to get where he is and simply because he chooses to speak out and stand up for what he believes in (marijuana use) he is persecuted by not only the NFL, but the team who he helped deliver an unprecedented sixth Super Bowl to. Don't get me wrong, I love my Steelers and I love the Rooneys and the City of Pittsburgh, and I know the Rooneys have no tolerance for players who violate league policy or the laws of our country. I remember a young man by the name of Bam Morris who was a RB for the Steelers in the 90's and during the off-season, he was caught with 40 lbs of mariju