Cannabis Thrives in an Afghan Province - New York Times

The reason I decided to blog about this article is basically because of the interesting way things are changing in our own country.  In California, even at the college I am employed at, the presence of prescribed cannabis is increasing continually.

Our school newspaper just had a full two page article complete with color pictures of this ready to harvest crop of huge buds.  Buds are what they harvest, dry, and smoke.  This article not only communicated that right in our community, but all over California there were stores where you can freely go in and buy your weed, that is if you have a prescription.  You even can sample the different varieties of cannabis for sale, sort of like wine tasting.

There is a new breed of doctors out there that are writing prescriptions for the use of cannabis for a seemingly increasing list of ailments.  The list I saw even qualified me for the use of this so called prescribed medicine. 

Fifteen years ago I would have been excitedly waiting in line for my prescription.  Especially when I would be allowed to posses multiple ounces of weed.  Wow, you basically would have to be pretty ignorant today if you don't have a prescription.

Of course the statement always comes up that we might as well legalize it and maybe it will cut our taxes or something.  Duh, legalizing cannabis would be a huge nightmare for our society if that were to happen.  You think people talking of cell phones while driving is a problem, imagine a bunch of stupid stoners driving.  

Yes, I am an X stupid stoner, I used over two ounces a month when I was getting high.  I stayed high continually, I got to the point, in order to maintain my chronic cope, I was blazing about every thirty minuets just to stay boinked.  That is the high I liked to stay in, maybe others prefer a lesser high, but I never met those others in my circles. 

When I quit smoking cannabis it took right around six months for the effects to disappear.  You see, this drug doesn't so much effect you with a physical addiction as it does a physiological addiction.  For me it even went far enough to change my personality, from an extrovert to an introvert.

I have to say now that I have been free from cannabis for fifteen years, even still remembering being high, doesn't even compare with experiencing life sober and free from anything that would alter my state of consciousness.  This is the best high of all, and I have realized that I believed a lie and was damned as a stoner.

For those of you that use cannabis honestly for an ailment and it honestly helps.  The only thing left for you is to weigh the cost to you personally.  Just as we do with every kind of medication we use. 

God Bless YOU

Bill Collier

 

 

Cannabis Thrives in an Afghan Province - New York Times

Deadly Noel could become hurricane - Weather - MSNBC.com

Its a little late in the season for hurricanes, but as we know weather is unpredictable.  I was listening to a show on Israel National Radio (INR), in which the spokesperson on that program mentioned something which I have heard Christians make the same assertions about God also.

The spokesperson said basically that maybe the fires in California, or even this storm are God's judgement on the U.S. for the way they are treating Israel.  I am attempting to give you what I felt was meant in His statement.  I went and tried to determine who I was listening to.  I don't want to say the wrong person so I will leave it as is. 

Well you hear allot of this kind of talk going around from all sorts of people, and frankly, I think we are all out of line.  Trying to determine what God would or is doing is crazy, and I know for sure, that I don't have an inside line on what His agenda is, today or any other day.  I am happy knowing that God Loves me and that I am one of his children. 

I try to understand, the Jewish perspective, and I can relate to their reservation in talking to Christians.  I am embarrassed for those Christians who are going beyond what our Savior Jesus instructed us to do when we are sharing the Gospel.  They argue, and persist in basically, forcing  it down peoples throats. 

We are instructed to kick the dust off our feet and move on when the Gospel is rejected by someone.  I think this here is a good reason for doing that.  That we would retain a friendship with those who maybe for right now aren't interested but, who knows, in the future might be. 

We need to remember that God so loved the whole world, not just some of us.  And there is just plain respect for people.  Jesus told the disciples it was ok to take a sword, but it wasn't for those who rejected the Gospel. 

There are certain Christians that I know, that the Jewish people have high regards for, and believe me you won't see these people hitting them over the head with their Bibles, they will be loving them just as our God loves us.

If we could do this I believe that there would be allot fewer people like these who are on the defense with Christians who they feel have an ulterior motive.  No one takes a defensive position against true love for fellow man.

I will be discussing this on the Mindworthy Audio Commentary

http://www.mypodcast.com/fsaudio/mindworthy_20071030_1959-119015.mp3

God Bless YOU

Bill Collier

 

Deadly Noel could become hurricane - Weather - MSNBC.com