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The old button from the Environmental Club days which I just happened to find on Earth Day! It is a little beat up (particularly the ends of the ribbon), but no worse for the wear, I think. And it is one of the few items that I have left from those days, so it carries a lot of great memories for me! Nothing Changes Until You Do!
Here is a picture of a very similar logo, with the same message, that was on the t-shirt that I purchased from the BCC Environmental Club and, if memory serves me correctly, may even have helped to make. There were a few projects like that which club members, myself included, were regularly involved with. It has been so long, however, that I no longer recall specifically if I actually helped to make these or not, although I do believe so, since I remember seeing the process of the t-shirts being dyed. In any case, I loved this t-shirt, and have kept it ever since, even if I do not regularly wear it. Since it was part of my experience with the BCC Environmental Club days, as well as more generally having an environmental theme, it seemed appropriate to share it here.
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's gred."
~Mahatma Gandhi
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
~John F. Kennedy
I am sure that there is a book, or at least some kind of research project out there that exams the ridiculous prohibition of marijuana. If not, there should be.
There are numerous reasons and justifications that were out there for why cannabis remained illegal for so long, although the main ones that remained the big impediments to it ever being legalized was that it stood in the way of the profits of huge industries, including alcohol and tobacco, as well as paper. The alcohol and tobacco industry should be obvious, although many people are not aware that marijuana is a great source of paper. It grows four times as fast as paper made from trees, which would help save the forests!
Perhaps we should now include among it's primary opponents pharmaceuticals, since there is more and more research out there suggesting that cannabis not only helps people when they are ill or in pain, and makes their pain less pronounced, but that it in fact might help make people with certain diseases healthier.
It truly seems like cannabis has just a ton of benefits, with really little downside.
Oh, there are still naysayers. The world is what it is, and to imagine that everyone would be on board and recognize the ludicrousness of outlawing a natural plant would be overly naive.
However, there is clearly mounting evidence to suggest that there really is no justification for having outlawed marijuana in the first place. It would be good for recreational use (at least not as detrimental as other things that have long been legal are), good for the environment, it makes solid clothing and, we are finding out that on top of all else, it is also good for people's health.
It makes all the sense in the world to lift the ban and legalize cannabis. So, of course, the world being what it is, we still need to overcome all the legal red tape and strong lobbyist opposition to it. But the winds of change on this particular issue are blowing, and it is clear what direction this is heading.
Legalize it, already!
Federal Government Finally Admits Cannabis Can Help Kill Cancer Cells by PM Beers for the ANTIMEDIA, April 11, 2015:
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