a noble beginning

I need to keep busy, and recently thought that I should join the blogSphere. I'm going to be a Blogger!

My name is A and I would like this to be an outlet for frustrations and a space where I can express my beliefs without being persecuted. For like many people before me, the Puritans, Witches and Heretics, I am a persecuted individual who only wants to live his life without interference from anyone.

My reason for needing to keep busy is because I've recently had to give up a major hobby and habit; gardening indoor cannabis also known as "marijuana" - and smoking copious amounts of it. I wasn't selling any of it; and I do use it for medicinal reasons. Depression, Anxiety. They only found 1 ounce , not even dry or smokable yet, 27 plants - 4 plants almost ready to harvest - the other 23 plants were small..
I like growing it. For ten years, since I was 15, I've been growing it, though I didn't start smoking regularly until 18 and never tried the stuff til 16.

Resulting from a petty feud I might go into later, the local police were tipped by an Informant, my sister's friend, about my grow. I feel as if they broke into my house, stole my plants and half my grow equipment and now are extorting me for money at the most (fines); giving me jail time at the worst. I live in a very ..backwards..state when it comes to cannabis legislation.

Why is there abuse and use of alcohol, but only ABUSE of certain substances? Because they're irrationally prohibited. Well, you know what, so was alcohol at one time - the Fed can be wrong; why is it so wild to think they might be wrong with pot? Everyone knows Methamphetamine and Heroin are dangerous..but pot?? Every independent studied has shown it is not only benign but also beneficial for over 40 ailments.

The state could make a lot of extra money , selling joints like cigarettes (m ost of the cost of cigs is the TAX) - they could also tax growers a certain amount per year.

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only sane and rational one in a sea of millions.. though my family feels similarly. Being brought up in a Dry household, I learned early on the dangers of Booze. I worked at a bar during a period of my life; I saw the wacky changes it induces in people. Booze is good for little more than unprotected sex, violence, and a hangover - for most people.

I do believe in responsible use, you know. Legislation and stigma, it seems, have replaced the need for common sense, and personal responsibility.

Planning on moving soon.. I'm good at what I do, and I enjoy it. They always say, "find something you like and a way to make money doing it". If I can legally grow and sell to the Dispensaries and to patients I'd have found my calling. Or at least, my way-to-make an income calling.

A