The Day Cannabis Lost The Right To Be A Plant

Now, here we are, it’s 2015 and things are moving pretty fast on the cannabis front…at least, in many places. Seattle is now one of the world’s cannabis capital cities, Denver is even better, and there a many other cities and States that are considering an historical jump towards the land of legalized pot.

This does feel like “it’s just the beginning”: the wind is changing. Plus, there is also a new wave of researchers who seem more and more interested in explaining to all of us how and why medical marijuana can truly become (and in more than a few circumstances already is) a game changer. Even Vivek Hallegere Murthy, the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, has finally said that cannabis can help many patients who are fighting against terrible diseases. And, of course, all the research and the excitement is clearly connected to the private interests of powerful pharmaceutical corporations, which are very happy to welcome new drugs on the market.

This is all true and beautiful, but it shouldn’t make us forget what is right in front of us: with all this talking, the fear and the excitement, cannabis has truly lost the right to be a plant. This is something we should consider for more than just a moment.

How can we – human beings – turn a plant into some sort of illegal entity?

This is truly a terrible reminder of the power of rhetorics: powerful discourses can create monsters, and if we forget about this simple fact “old monsters “will die and “new monsters “will be ready to replace them. While we spend time celebrating the coming of a new era, let’s not forget what created the cannabis-monster in the first place: private interests, money and the perfect marketing storm.

New researches suggests cannabis can potentially help children and pets, old people and youngsters, women and man. This shouldn’t be surprising, right? At the end of the day, would you really be shocked to know that a plant can be good for you? Of course not!

So, please, enjoy this wonderful plant (and if you are looking for the best cannabis, you can certainly visithttp://greenhouseseeds.nl/) alone or with your friends and colleagues, but never forget how easy it is to turn something beautiful into a nightmarish creature. There are no monsters…but rhetorics, as all this demonstrates, can be monstrous.