I think one should have the right to do whatever one wishes with ones body as long as they do not harm others.
I don't know much about Buddhism, and I'm one of those wacky anti-authoritarian types, so take this w/ that background.
Current drug laws have led to the US imprisioning 701 perople per 100,000, that's second only to Rwanda in number of citizens per capita imprisoned. I'd have to get into some more stats to talk about the race and class issues this raises as well. (source=wikipedia, prisons) (and yes, of course those aren't all on drug offenses, I could look for those numbers later if you'd like).
Aaaaaaanyhow- If there's a tenet of Buddhism that is about maintaining the sanctity and purity of ones body, then maybe I could see the point, but really- it's a plant, a natural thing- ya dig?
(all of this coming from a non-pot smoking individual who is cracked out on yet another natural substance- caffiene.)
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I think one should have the right to do whatever one wishes with ones body as long as they do not harm others.
I don't know much about Buddhism, and I'm one of those wacky anti-authoritarian types, so take this w/ that background.
Current drug laws have led to the US imprisioning 701 perople per 100,000, that's second only to Rwanda in number of citizens per capita imprisoned. I'd have to get into some more stats to talk about the race and class issues this raises as well. (source=wikipedia, prisons) (and yes, of course those aren't all on drug offenses, I could look for those numbers later if you'd like).
Aaaaaaanyhow- If there's a tenet of Buddhism that is about maintaining the sanctity and purity of ones body, then maybe I could see the point, but really- it's a plant, a natural thing- ya dig?
(all of this coming from a non-pot smoking individual who is cracked out on yet another natural substance- caffiene.)