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Well I'm not going to respond to--or read--all of what MoLewis posted above. I'm just going to say that it continues to be a shame that pot isn't legalized in this country, and I don't even smoke. Granted, as a league rule Faulk is in the wrong here no matter how you shake it and as a fan I wish he had a bit more restraint.
All that said, likening pot smoking to driving drunk seems a bit ridiculous to me...I'm not even going to go into why, but if you believe that to be true then you've watched too many of the scare-tactic commercials from the 90's.
See, that's the only REAL issue here. The decriminilize my pot people just can't ever let it be that. Their persecution complex radar goes off. And that is the reality based correlation to DUI - both are illegal.
As a product of generations of alcoholics I never developed a taste for the stuff. But as a youngster I was desperate to have the fun everyone reportedly associated with getting buzzed or high. For me drinking enough to experience that came at a price I determined was not very much fun... So naturally I tried the alternative. It made me foolish and stupid, which I determined was not all that much fun either...
My family now has additional generations of addictive personalities who think you can't be happy unless you can be buzzed. Most of the next generation has spent some time in expensive rebab as a result. Some even as guests of the state. And the sad reality is none of them - not to mention their now soda sipping parents - ever seem very happy to me, just alternately and collectively foolish and miserable.
If you can't enjoy life straight up your recreational $$$ is probably better spent on therapy. Particularly if you're risking jail time and loss of livlihood in the process seeking your illusive happy place. Rationalize all you want but that's the simple reality.
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