Smoking a what?!

Michael Phelps got caught smokin' a bong. Rule number one when you are a famous person and make your living on endorsements-never have a picture taken. It makes me think that the chlorine got to his brain. I don't have issue with him smoking. I have issue with him getting caught. That was just plain dumb.

Many of you know that I have partaken in the past. If it wasn't for kids and responsibility, I would probably be partaking right now. Toby Keith has a song called "Weed with Willie" that is almost too much for me to listen to some days. Can you imagine how good the stuff is that Willie Nelson smokes? Wow just seems so bland a description. I have been in many a smoke filled room and never gotten a contact high. But in the song Toby gets one.

I think that there are many misconceptions about smoking pot that need to be cleared up. And yeah, I am clearing them up here. Nobody said I was the smartest Putt Egg. You should have seen last night's Wipeout. That was the nickname for one of the contestants. His kids gave him the name. Great kids, huh? I think they've been smoking a little too much.

I have never known anyone that smoked pot and suddenly turned into a heroin fiend. The people that I know that smoke pot and have done heroin are people that have serious issues. They would have ended up doing really hard drugs regardless. Their addictive natures have become the issue, not the fact that they smoked pot. Or whatever was driving them to smoke and get high and forget that they have a name or a home. They are usually escaping from something and would have found a harder drug, whether it was smack, crank, crack, pills, or any other number of drugs. They are running from their feelings, emotions, and turmoil in their lives that they cannot face sober.

People who smoke pot would rather eat, laugh, and watch TV with a giant smile than commit crimes. They have involved themselves with the wrong people. That is a feeling of wanting to belong to a group or "family" than getting high and stealing a car. That comes more with a gang mentality than a big, fat hoobie.

The war on drugs is a losing battle that has cost tax payers several million dollars, if not billions. And for what? So some guy who spent $35 on a quarter bag can go to prison for 20 years? How was the crime he committed worse than the pedophile in the cell next to his? All this started because the government couldn't agree on a way to regulate it so they could get their cut out of it. Smoking pot is in no way comparable to killing someone or raping someone or setting your ex spouse on fire. We need to all get over that. $35 for a quarter bag? Man, if anything, pot smokers are getting ripped off. I remember when you could get a bag for $20.

Smoking pot is not addictive. I quit. And as much as I smoked, if I can quit, you can to. Did I want to quit? No, but I didn't want to quit smoking cigarettes either. I have a slightly addictive personality. I know what it is to quit a habit. But it was harder to quit smoking cigarettes and stop drinking than it was to stop smoking weed.

President Clinton inhaled and liked it. He liked it so much, he was probably sitting on Willie's tour bus. He's probably there now, lucky bastard. Politicians that say they tried but couldn't get high think we're all high. And they're wrong, too. Just be honest. I'm waiting for Obama to spark one in the oval office. Wouldn't that be a picture?

I know a lot of you are still smoking. You know who you are. And I know who you are. And I know that the next time you spark one you better be thinking about me. And you better inhale. And you better like it. If not, quit wasting it and let someone else smoke it.