Just a little more than a month later and the nerve got hit again. Last time I started a thread on when you started consuming cannabis. This month it's back to this discussion of how government authorities believe we need to protect our children from this drug - you know the one that doesnt have a single fatality in recorded history? - to such an extent that you're required to sign a paper saying you won't use your medication in front of your children in order to be a liscensed medical patient in Canada. I'm sure similar "agreements" must be met in the U.S.
What is this fear we have of euphoria? I'm not suggesting we get our little ones high, but let's be honest about how many of us found relief with cannabis in our teens. Now that we have a deeper understanding of the endocannabinoid system we're thankful we did start at that age, aren't we? How many of our grandchildren are on drugs to control their socially unacceptable behavior? Drugs with dangerous side effects that we accept as best we can because there aren't any other options. How many of us could have been spared the joys of Ritilin?
Cannabis is chock-full of beneficial cannabinoids, primary among them THC, a delightful molecule that will calm the emotional tone and allow more efficient signaling throughout the body once the tension is reduced. What's to be feared in that? Why this insistence that life be hard so you can be tough enough?
Our legislators, and a big swatch of our neighbors, friends, and family have no idea of the necessity of supporting the ECS. We're just learning of the system's importance ourselves, and the implications are profound that our children would benefit greatly to a daily dose of canna juice to start the day on the proper nutritional footing. Such a practice will likely go a long way towards eliminating a majority of the stress diseases we deal with. No euphoria be feared here, just a sense of wellbeing. Is wellbeing acceptable?
Our insistence that teens resist the pull of mind-altering drugs is about as effective as teen chastity requirements. Ask Oklahoma how well that chastity culture is working for them. I'd rather teens experiment with cannabis, and not have to hide in the bushes or in someone's basement to do so. Cannabis is in a class all its own. Why do we insist that our children can't benefit from it until some arbitrary age someone in political power decided on?
The more important question is how do we make the shift in vision from one of restricting children to one of including them in the healing and evolutionary potential offered by cannabis?
Yeah..... I know how radical this thought is. I still stand by it. We raised our children in full view of our consumption. It wasn't a practice we wanted to load down with secrecy and feed into the stereotype. This was before I knew about the existence of the ECS, and still I knew instinctively that this wasn't something to be ashamed of. Nothing that made us feel that normal could be something to be feared or hidden.
My daughter credits this practice with keeping her from attempting suicide until she moved from our home and was no longer subjected to the second-hand smoke. It kind of reinforces my position.
So now I've vented. Contribute what you will. This is simply a conversation I felt compelled to start.
What is this fear we have of euphoria? I'm not suggesting we get our little ones high, but let's be honest about how many of us found relief with cannabis in our teens. Now that we have a deeper understanding of the endocannabinoid system we're thankful we did start at that age, aren't we? How many of our grandchildren are on drugs to control their socially unacceptable behavior? Drugs with dangerous side effects that we accept as best we can because there aren't any other options. How many of us could have been spared the joys of Ritilin?
Cannabis is chock-full of beneficial cannabinoids, primary among them THC, a delightful molecule that will calm the emotional tone and allow more efficient signaling throughout the body once the tension is reduced. What's to be feared in that? Why this insistence that life be hard so you can be tough enough?
Our legislators, and a big swatch of our neighbors, friends, and family have no idea of the necessity of supporting the ECS. We're just learning of the system's importance ourselves, and the implications are profound that our children would benefit greatly to a daily dose of canna juice to start the day on the proper nutritional footing. Such a practice will likely go a long way towards eliminating a majority of the stress diseases we deal with. No euphoria be feared here, just a sense of wellbeing. Is wellbeing acceptable?
Our insistence that teens resist the pull of mind-altering drugs is about as effective as teen chastity requirements. Ask Oklahoma how well that chastity culture is working for them. I'd rather teens experiment with cannabis, and not have to hide in the bushes or in someone's basement to do so. Cannabis is in a class all its own. Why do we insist that our children can't benefit from it until some arbitrary age someone in political power decided on?
The more important question is how do we make the shift in vision from one of restricting children to one of including them in the healing and evolutionary potential offered by cannabis?
Yeah..... I know how radical this thought is. I still stand by it. We raised our children in full view of our consumption. It wasn't a practice we wanted to load down with secrecy and feed into the stereotype. This was before I knew about the existence of the ECS, and still I knew instinctively that this wasn't something to be ashamed of. Nothing that made us feel that normal could be something to be feared or hidden.
My daughter credits this practice with keeping her from attempting suicide until she moved from our home and was no longer subjected to the second-hand smoke. It kind of reinforces my position.
So now I've vented. Contribute what you will. This is simply a conversation I felt compelled to start.