Marijuana: One Man's Mystique, Another
One Man's Mystique, AnotherMan's Truth
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Victory would be legalizing the sale of drugs, and using all that money that otherwise will go to the underworld and put it in our Treasury. Lets try to remember the lessons we have learned from WAR.. nobody wins... everybody loses. With legalized drugs everybody wins, even the hard drug user, and the addict to an extent. Let's use it to get rid of our deficit if it's going to be used for anything. Otherwise it will continue to grow, and our drug agencies, our police, and prisons will continue to grow in force, numbers, and strength, and escalate into a "war" on American citizens. America will continue to be seen in the eyes of the world as full of drug addicts, criminals, gangs, and murderers. Suppose we could legally keep the money spent on marijuana, and drugs in America, and in our treasury? We could with a commitment from the Federal Government to reduce, and eliminate the deficit with "no new taxes." The Government would have to be willing to accept the fact, that it is a no win situation in the costly "war" on drugs. They would have to be willing to do an about face, regroup, and re-designate the D.E.A., and other agencies budgets and priorities, in order to take control of the drugs and procurement. Once the sale of drugs began, then accurate statistics/data could be compiled. With all this money working for Americas good, then and only then, do I feel we could effectively tackle the present drug situation. Facts and figures compiled in the "drug user databank" would be the logical way to assess the magnitude, trend, social/anti-social, and criminal activities associated with certain drugs.
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Maxon Roads smoked his first joint in Vietnam, in 1968, at the age of twenty. He was also in his first year of becoming a professional Trucker. Not knowing what his future held, Maxon continued driving and smoking marijuana down that never ending ribbon of road. In 1988, Maxon decided to tell his story, and it was then that he wrote this manuscript. However, because Max had to rely on his job to earn a living, he felt he couldn't have his story published. Now, thirty years have passed since that first joint, and after safely traveling over two and a half million miles, Max believes it is time to shatter the "MYTH" that keeps America in bonds. The "TRUTH" must be told regarding marijuana. A legend once wrote: "We live our lives in chains...never knowing we have the key."
About the Author
I'm fifty years old and a Vietnam veteran (May '68 - May '69) B. Co. 9th Supply and Transportation, 9th Infantry Division. I drove professionally for twenty-six years. I'm married and have a son and one grandchild. I retired from trucking because of the newly implemented C.D.L. and the requirement for mandatory drug testing in the trucking industry.
My main objective here, is to try to encourage law-makers throughout our judicial system to take a long, hard, open minded look at decriminalizing marijuana and to give marijuana its "own window", separate from man made drugs & alcohol. The Truth!