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Why the obsession with weed?

sdfaf 13y ago
White Americans love their weed. As a young Latino growing up in the ghetto it was hammered into my head that If I wanted to be successful I had to stay away from drugs and alcohol. And in the ghetto this correlation turns out to be very true since pretty much all losers do drugs and drink a lot. Then I went to a state college and went to work in corporate America after graduation. To my surprise I realized that the majority of white American kids do weed and drink lots of alcohol. It made me realize that because they are middle class white Americans it means that they can afford to do stuff like that and still come out ahead compared to somebody in the ghetto. In the ghetto, if you want to move ahead you cannot really afford to waste your time with weed or alcohol. You are already behind in your education level probably because of the crappy school system in your neighborhood so you do not want to add another problem to an already problematic situation. It took me a long time to realize this.
yjhjjh 13y ago
White Americans love their weed. As a young Latino growing up in the ghetto it was hammered into my head that If I wanted to be successful I had to stay away from drugs and alcohol. And in the ghetto this correlation turns out to be very true since pretty much all losers do drugs and drink a lot. Then I went to a state college and went to work in corporate America after graduation. To my surprise I realized that the majority of white American kids do weed and drink lots of alcohol. It made me realize that because they are middle class white Americans it means that they can afford to do stuff like that and still come out ahead compared to somebody in the ghetto. In the ghetto, if you want to move ahead you cannot really afford to waste your time with weed or alcohol. You are already behind in your education level probably because of the crappy school system in your neighborhood so you do not want to add another problem to an already problematic situation. It took me a long time to realize this.
Cushman 13y ago
Do you mean for me rhetorically, or in my peer group? Rhetorically, the common emotive argument against social welfare programs is that they enable the poor to do drugs all day rather than doing productive work (I suppose this is also an argument against drug use). Personally I feel that contradicts reality, and since marijuana use is a fact of life among the people I went to college with I think it's useful to bring it front and center now and again. Why weed itself? Well it's an analgesic, euphoric, prosocial, psychedelic, stimulating, sedating, relatively non-addictive plant that will grow in most parts of the world, may actually be healthier for you than not using it, and to top it off has been a cornerstone of youth culture for fifty-odd years. One's mileage may vary, but it is hard for one not to see the appeal.

sdfaf 13y ago

White Americans love their weed. As a young Latino growing up in the ghetto it was hammered into my head that If I wanted to be successful I had to stay away from drugs and alcohol. And in the ghetto this correlation turns out to be very true since pretty much all losers do drugs and drink a lot. Then I went to a state college and went to work in corporate America after graduation. To my surprise I realized that the majority of white American kids do weed and drink lots of alcohol. It made me realize that because they are middle class white Americans it means that they can afford to do stuff like that and still come out ahead compared to somebody in the ghetto. In the ghetto, if you want to move ahead you cannot really afford to waste your time with weed or alcohol. You are already behind in your education level probably because of the crappy school system in your neighborhood so you do not want to add another problem to an already problematic situation. It took me a long time to realize this.

yjhjjh 13y ago

Cushman 13y ago

Do you mean for me rhetorically, or in my peer group? Rhetorically, the common emotive argument against social welfare programs is that they enable the poor to do drugs all day rather than doing productive work (I suppose this is also an argument against drug use). Personally I feel that contradicts reality, and since marijuana use is a fact of life among the people I went to college with I think it's useful to bring it front and center now and again. Why weed itself? Well it's an analgesic, euphoric, prosocial, psychedelic, stimulating, sedating, relatively non-addictive plant that will grow in most parts of the world, may actually be healthier for you than not using it, and to top it off has been a cornerstone of youth culture for fifty-odd years. One's mileage may vary, but it is hard for one not to see the appeal.