Legalize pot? Get mom onboard

[pepurr]

Want to legalize pot? Get mom onboard - Life- msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37037688/ns/us_news-life/)

[Washedout]

Want to legalize pot? Get mom onboard - Life- msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37037688/ns/us_news-life/)

Thanks Pepurr this is the link to their website check out the links there must be over 100.....great find Pepurr!

Moms For Marijuana - Home (http://moms4marijuana.webs.com/)

[boaz]

:greenthumb: yes, good find.

"These marijuana moms argue that pot is no worse than alcohol, that teens shouldn't face jail time for experimenting with it and that marijuana can even help new mothers treat postpartum depression."

I didn't know about the relief of postpartum depression. That makes sense, it is instant relief from all types of depression. Much safer that the drugs they try to push for it. :twocents:

again, this really brings home the fact that people use cannabis to relieve medical problems. that is fundamentally different than what alcohol is used for. some people really seem to be missing that insight.

but that said I really want to see it legal for ALL adults without the need to get a doctors rec and sign up on some list that can come back to haunt you later in life. Med use should be inplied in adult's right to use. that is not to say only adults should have access, I understand that some younger people use it treat ADHD and such and they should be allowed to use it as needed, too.

but anyways, good read.

[Spagett]

In February, 51-year-old Alaska mom Jane C. Cain was arrested along with her 29-year-old son for allegedly growing pot in the house. The Wasilla woman says she initially feared reprisals from neighbors and didn't answer the door.

"But it turned out people were just coming by to bring homemade food, casseroles and cakes and such," Cain said with a laugh. Her case is still pending, but Cain says that even conservative neighbors say she's not wrong to use marijuana for her frequent migraines, though medical marijuana isn't legal in Alaska.

I thought it was legal to grow a certain amount of plants in your house in Alaska?

[Islandborn]

My mother has always been pro-marijuana. Let me grow outside in highschool, nothing major. Let me smoke.

Im 31 years old and its still not ok for me to drink in front of her....never will. Thinking about it now sounds wierd to me even, but its true. She knows I smoke now....just never brings it up. I love my moms, raised me all by herself minus some nasty stepfathers that Ive erased from my memories. Happy moms day to ALL the mothers. None of us would be here without ya. None of us.

[pepurr]

My mother has always been pro-marijuana. Let me grow outside in highschool, nothing major. Let me smoke.

I am unsure if my mom was ever pro cannabis, but I think she may have been. Maybe when I was like 10 years old. I remember her working in places that such a pro crowd would be.

When I was living at home years ago, I was never bothered by her on that point. One thing she did do to me wasn't that cool. Once I was tripping my brains out on 2 hits of Purple Microdot when she sat me down in the kitchen and started grilling me. At the time I thought I had my shit together and kept telling her I wasn't doing anything. She knew though. My pupils must have been dilated like crazy. I just wanted to get out of there. It was freaking me out!

She finaly let me go, so I went to my room and finished trippen with my brother.

I doubt I would say anything about it to her now. She is getting up there in years and I don't want to cause her any stress.

Happy Mother's Day all you mothers. :D

[boaz]

my mom tries to come off like she's totally uncool about weed but I can still remember when I was a youngster that she used to burn incence all the time. :hippy: :jointsmile: happpy mom's day. :rasta:

[Islandborn]

It was me and my mother most of my life. My dad died when I was 3 years old and in the past 10 years both my grandparents have passed away. Both my fathers parents died of cerosis in their 50's.......so now its just my mom who turned 60 this year. I have blood relatives in Europe but none left in the states besides my wife and kids (which is perfect for me) and Im going through a bit of panic over my mom dying.....I am NOT ready for her to go yet. I don't feel ready if that makes any sense. My wife gets frustrated with me sometimes cause I worry so much about her dying and feeling kinda like an orphan when I have them with me but I just can't help it.

Sorry to rant.....this has been troubling me for some time now.....had to vent it. Any thoughts from some older folks who may have been through this?

[pepurr]

It was me and my mother most of my life. My dad died when I was 3 years old and in the past 10 years both my grandparents have passed away. Both my fathers parents died of cerosis in their 50's.......so now its just my mom who turned 60 this year. I have blood relatives in Europe but none left in the states besides my wife and kids (which is perfect for me) and Im going through a bit of panic over my mom dying.....I am NOT ready for her to go yet. I don't feel ready if that makes any sense. My wife gets frustrated with me sometimes cause I worry so much about her dying and feeling kinda like an orphan when I have them with me but I just can't help it.

Sorry to rant.....this has been troubling me for some time now.....had to vent it. Any thoughts from some older folks who may have been through this?

You shouldn't worry so much about it. Worry doesn't add to, or take away from the events of time. Worry only serves to tear down, and cause grief. Your mother wants you to be happy.

What is good about the whole thing is, you are living life to the fullest. We all want to be happy and to have long lives. To enjoy time spent with loved ones. All that is part of a full life. Then there is the other side of the coin. A full life also involves sorrow and pain. How can we know happiness unless we experience sorrow.

The loss can be hard to bare. In my life the losses have piled up. My brother, a nephew, grandma & pa, 2 aunts, my dad, a dear woman that I was engaged to, my loving step father and a cousin have all passed from this realm. Each and every one of them going hurt like hell. The most hurt is when Joanne passed. She and I were to be married. I loved her so much, it still hurts even as I write this. Even so, she helped me then and now to live all life has to offer. Good and bad.

More often than not, when I think of her or the others, I think of good times and the laughs we had. The love we shared. That is the gift.

So try to not worry so much. Instead, use that energy to make these times the best memories of her. Enjoy every second you are with her. Then you will have a gift from her that will last a life time. A gift you can share with your children. The gift of fond memories.

Setting an example like that, your children will do the same, and you will be the one giving that gift.



Ecclesiastes 3
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;