Among the news items of the day: A man was beaten badly on a rapid transit train in the Dallas area -- for asking a group to quit smoking marijuana.
I wonder on marijuana. I wonder if it leads you to do things you wouldn't do if you were not under its influence. I wonder if those in the group were influenced by their marijuana. Are marijuana users more likely to be irrational, and perhaps turn violent at times?
Most proponents of marijuana would perhaps concede the point, noting it is no revelation that marijuana is an influence. The question is rather, they would say, whether people should be free to choose to take marijuana.
My point is, though, that perhaps they lose the very freedom they seek when they take marijuana. Their decisions are affected, altered by the drug. Sometimes, they mourn and lament the decisions they made while under the influence.
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