Four twenty

Woo, it's 4/20, and you know what that means! A shit ton of stoners are probably harassing you about how high they are getting on Hitler's birthday, and if you yourself indulges in the ganja I'm sure you're out getting blazed! Out of all the days to celebrate pot culture, why 4/20? According to Wikipedia, 4:20 pm was the time a group of students from some stupid high school in the '70s would get out of detention and group up to smoke pot...and because of this insane phenomenon (Smoking weed in the '70s? Absurd!) April 20th became national get-high-as-fuck day.

So that's all well and good, get high have fun forget about your shitty lives for awhile! And sure, push for legislation legalizing marijuana, as it very well should be. However, do not, please do not, simply ignore the tons of more pertinent and crucial issues facing our world right now, just so you can bitch and moan about how a stupid recreational drug should be legalized. Decriminalizing pot will not solve the countless genocides occuring in the world. NORML's new pro-marijuana ad campaign will not get us out of Iraq. Wearing gaudy tie-die t-shirts and not showering for a month is not going to stop global warming.

You are free to do what you want, of course, just keep in consideration the countless problems we are facing on a much more important level. So drop the joint for just a second and take time to read up on current issues (not relating to marijuana legalization or the weather conditions in Amsterdam for this summer) and voice your opinion on our dependence on oil, or abortion, or same-sex marriages. I am just so sick of hearing nothing but pot-related discussions from friends. Then again I am in college, tends to come with the environment.