{"id":1570,"date":"2014-09-17T12:28:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:58:35","slug":"now-time-harsh-mellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/now-time-harsh-mellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Now it&#8217;s time for me to Harsh your Mellow&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/now-time-harsh-mellow\/\" data-text=\"Now it&#038;%238217;s time for me to Harsh your Mellow&#038;%238230;\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>AP: \u00a0Marijuana Industry Battling Stoner Stereotypes<\/p>\n<p>Recreational marijuana use having been recently legalized in Colorado, the Marijuana Industry (AP&#8217;s language) is looking for ways to increase sales. \u00a0I wrote about this in an April 22nd, 2014 post at The Men Out Of Work Blog: Marketing Marijuana In Colorado&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Though the law has changed, the cultural battle lines are the same. \u00a0Opponents still argue that marijuana use has risks, especially for youths. \u00a0Proponents object to the use of stereotypes in campaigns that warn of potential risks. \u00a0And one thing is for certain &#8211; the marijuana industry &#8211; whatever you want to call it &#8211; has the goal of increasing marijuana sales, and to do that it must minimize any stigma associated with it&#8217;s use and increase the customer base. \u00a0Translation: \u00a0get more people to use pot.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think that is a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Spare me your slings and arrow for a few minutes while I explain. \u00a0The older I get, the more libertarian I get. \u00a0Notice the small &#8220;l&#8221;. \u00a0Personally, I think that if you want to smoke pot, you should be free to do so. \u00a0But now that it&#8217;s legal, it&#8217;s turned into a business. \u00a0And a business&#8217; first and foremost goal is to grow&#8230;and grow&#8230;and grow some more. \u00a0Keep growing, year after year. \u00a0That means either the same people have to use a lot more pot, or &#8211; more likely &#8211; more people have to start using and keep using it. \u00a0And I believe that there is no upside to more people using (or abusing) a mood-altering drug.<\/p>\n<p>Spare me the lecture about alcohol. \u00a0Yes, it&#8217;s legal and often abused. \u00a0That is not an argument for adding one more substance to the pallette of legally abusable substances. \u00a0Many people use alcohol responsibly. \u00a0But can you argue that there is a benefit to society if more people use alcohol, responsibly or otherwise? \u00a0Well, I guess you could argue it, but would you? \u00a0I wouldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I am not a prudish teetotaller. \u00a0I use alcohol. \u00a0I have used marijuana. \u00a0In the past, both to excess. \u00a0In hindsight I can truthfully say that I would not have misssed out on anything had I never used marijuana. \u00a0Using it had costs to me that were financial, physical and intellectual. \u00a0Had I been thinking rationally, I would have opted out. \u00a0But I did not&#8230;because I was not thinking rationally&#8230;because I was <em>young.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The legalization of a substance, advertising it and minimizing the stigmas associated with it&#8217;s use will have an impact on the most impressionable in our society &#8211; young people. \u00a0So let&#8217;s be careful. \u00a0It&#8217;s legal, so go ahead, smoke up. \u00a0Advertise responsibly. \u00a0But let&#8217;s not pretend that there are no risks.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Most of all let&#8217;s not hide the risks from young people who are most at risk of making foolish impulsive decisions that may affect them for a lifetime.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet AP: \u00a0Marijuana Industry Battling Stoner Stereotypes Recreational marijuana use having been recently legalized in Colorado, the Marijuana Industry (AP&#8217;s language) is looking for ways to increase sales. \u00a0I wrote about this in an April 22nd, 2014 post at The Men Out Of Work Blog:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law-order","category-life","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}