Drug Testing

Greetings~

 

Scott Walker (never a good way to start a sentence) has been recently addressing the topic of drug testing for those receiving state aid, and I have been pondering this some. I myself do not use marijuana, I have in fact tried it when I was younger, and did in fact inhale, however it is not my cup of tea. However I can say I am on a butt load of medications which leave my stomach torn to shreds and if I were to have a more natural and holistic means of medications I would drop these man made toxins in a heartbeat. Also if I had a means to help me sleep more than three hours a night, that too would be marvelous.

 

The story of John. John was a diabetic, who lost his vision, part of his foot, and went into kidney and liver failure. John was a good man and worked hard all of his life. John would give you the shirt off of his back. John applied for assistance and no one really wanted to help him, he really had to fight for it. The 6 dollars a month he was allotted in food stamps (mind you this was a little over a decade ago)-what can one do with 6.00 a month, especially being diabetic and blind. Just toss that about for a moment. Thankfully John had people in his life who would pitch in where they could, offering food and other assistance. A gentleman from church would pick him up for weekly bible study and lunch-God bless you Dave. Don would do the same, he would bring him food and help in any capacity possible, as Don is that kind of guy (I hope that makes up for the initial statement about Walker, because after all this really isn’t about Walker per sa-it is about what is morally right)-God bless you Don, you are a beacon of morality. John was in so much pain and John could not sleep. The drugs did little to nothing for the pain and neuropathy- so some of his oldest and dearest (I guess-only one can I say was truly altruistic in her actions and due to the nature of this topic I can’t really say her name-so thank you “Perfect One”) friends helped him find herbal relief. Nothing more pathetic than a group of “old” ex-smokers trying to score…but it is possible. That herbal relief made it easier for him to sleep and made his pain a little more tolerable. According to what Walker wants to do in Wisconsin right now if John were still alive, he could not qualify for help. When so many states are changing laws and making marijuana legal because of the medical benefits, I will spare you the research mumbo jumbo-if you don’t know- Google it, you can find many studies proving it helps. Check out Pros and Cons. Org if you like. I get what Walker is trying to say and do…kind of sort of I guess. I mean he is perpetuating a stereotype… people receiving benefits are drug users, which really isn’t the case, this too has been studied and proven. Do your research if you don’t believe me. If you live just North in the UP (Michigan) marijuana is legal for medical purposes. Colorado has these nifty stores where you can get edibles from ice cream to hard candies-legal. Legal because it helps, and if you want to get political about this you can tax the hell out of it. Someone somewhere in Walkerville has to like that, or at least appreciate it. TAX IT!!!!

 

Again, I am not a smoker, however I am pro medical marijuana and what Wisconsin is currently contemplating seems backwards in some ways. I get people taking advantage of the system-not cool.

For John and all the others like him, don’t they deserve to live without pain? Don’t they deserve being able to sleep and eat? Call me crazy but I think so.

 

Love and Light,

Agoraphobia Gurl