Suddenly I am aware that my vision seems clearer, my leg doesn’t hurt, the pain in my head is gone, the ache in my back has subsided. I want to sit up straight, stretch my muscles, flex my toes – Hell, I even want to touch my toes. What is this change that has come over me? I’ll tell you. I have just smoked my first joint in twenty-five years!
I went through the hey days of the 60’s and 70’s, but then I had kids… I did my full share of partying with the best of them just like you’re supposed to do in your early twenties, but something happened to me in my thirties. I took life more seriously. I had kids to raise. I was a proper school marm and I was following a code of conduct that suited the profession. I got straight and stayed that way for my entire career. No smoking, very little drinking. I was culturally appropriate for my involvement with children.
Now I am of an age to be retired. Things ache and stifle the ease my body used to feel. Now I need pain relief and it came to me one day…, “I could smoke a bud!” Someone had made me a present of a small plastic bag – sealed with a “CA Tax Paid” sticker and a small picture of a little bear flag. Well, wow! Why didn’t I think of this before?
Now I want to smoke pot – not to achieve the high I got when I was twenty-one, but to help alleviate some of the chronic aches and pains I have acquired. Well, why not? Medical Marijuana is available to me. It is not cheap, however. There is the twice yearly doctor’s visit by an approved physician and the purchase of the weed itself at a legal marijuana dispensary is not cheap.
This is not the $10 an ounce Old Mex we got back in the day; this is a great choice of various types and prices of fantastic pot. I don’t know if I would call it a miracle drug, but it’s definitely a plus instead of a minus. I’m glad that I live in California where even the governator thinks it should be taxed and legal. I am also happy that I live in a liberal county where I could grow a certain number of plants for personal use. I say legalize it completely. License growers, make it a legitimate business, and tax it like tobacco and alcohol.
These are the results of my recent personal experiment:
1 to 2 hits equals pain relief,
3 to 4 hits you’ll be feelin’ good…
5 to 6 hits gets you a really nice high!
Oh yeah, I’m horny too – that twenty minute extended orgasm I just had was a nice bonus!
Note: I’ve been sitting here for hours. I look up at the clock… two minutes have passed. Oh well, one more hit… ahhhh, that’s the ticket!
(First published 7/26/11)
