A drinker vs smoker reality check

The reality of drinking when compared to smoking is truly a joke and it makes me wonder how we, the human race, got it so wrong to let power, money and politics overrule humanity and nature! But what is even worse is that now that we know how stupid it was to criminalize marijuana, there is still a small handful of people who don’t get it and think marijuana should still be illegal for whatever reason. We can’t make laws that will be sufficient to control morality as education at home, school and church are the only true countermeasures to eliminating our moral inefficiencies. But this letter is mostly for laughs to the handful of people who are still in doubt about marijuana but yet approve and even drink alcohol.

Drinkers think they know everything in the world, especially when they are drunk but the reality is they often don’t make sense and even sound stupid. But smokers are great analytical listeners and thinkers. FYI, marijuana puts your brain in an “alpha state” (open-ended), which is needed for creativity and analogy purposes. A person who is “stoned” is really a person fixated and caught up in their own thought process but it’s just not being focused to serve a purpose other than being high. To make it simple, marijuana helps you to be happy, to think and to be creative and productive when used properly while drinking makes you act stupid.

Drinkers run stop signs but smokers sit there waiting for the stop sign to turn green figuratively being safe and looking both ways.

Drinkers are often belligerent (loudmouthed, confrontational, and ugly) but smokers are trying to munch on something, being friendly, laughing, and having fun!

Drinkers, especially drunks, speed and are all over the road and even on the wrong side of the road but smokers drive slow and straight to make sure they get to where they are going. In the big cities drinkers get DUI and speeding tickets but smokers get tickets for going too slow and obstructing traffic!

Drinkers sometimes can’t remember who they were with or what they did last night but smokers can remember everything and how much they enjoyed themselves!

Drinkers don’t have an appetite and can put away cases of beer in one sit-down but a smoker only needs one or two good cigarettes and they are ready to have fun all evening while raiding the rice pot!

Drinkers are susceptible to all kinds of illnesses and even the destruction of vital organs but smokers are consuming a natural healing and pain relieving herb that can’t be attributed to any illness or any deaths! Drunks are killing themselves while smokers are staying healthy and pain free!

The people who have safety sensitive jobs like police officers, pilots, etc., and/or are a federally funded employee, will still be forced to drink as their only option when off-duty even though there are tests now for “active” marijuana in your system because it’s against federal law! However, I do hope this reality check will convince doubters to become full-fledged members of the new and reformed society for legalization as future advertisement and promotions will surely one day say, “SMOKE – Don’t DRINK”!

The first law of morality in mankind’s state of nature for using any substance or herb that alters your state of mind is to use it in moderation for a purpose and don’t let it use you to just walk around high all day! This is why we must learn how to live with marijuana in our society as people need to be taught about marijuana use and our youth need to be educated so they will know that their brain is still developing and not ready to handle mind-altering substances. Education will be our moral salvation, not legislating laws for morality! “Knowledge is the true wisdom and power for life on earth and it’s the only currency for our universe” (History Channel). I hope this is not too heavy or deep for my critics to understand as they keep playing the role of the signifying monkey trying to appear smarter when the reality is they are you-know-what!

Ambrose M. Bennett
Kagman, Saipan