“Cook County voters say yes to legalizing marijuana for recreational use.”
The vote tally was 63 percent for, 37 against.
In previous posts, I predicted the referendum would pass.
A Chicago Tribune article reported a number of comments made by voters,
Excerpt Comments
“ I am not sure of the wisdom of it, ”
Another about the Northwester research of chronic use on IQ tests.
“People abuse it sometimes. If it’s used only for medical purposes, I don’t have a problem but not for recreation. Not like this,” he said.
King Solomon
The fool is the one who relies on his intellect, but it is a man of wise conduct who escaped harm. (Proverb 28:26)
If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer. (Proverb 9:12)
What’s My Point?
There is a difference in wisdom and intelligence. Having a high IQ does not necessarily make a person wise. The above proverb points to one aspect of wisdom being understanding that using drugs harms their bodies, brains, lungs, body, etc.etc.
Drivers high on pot may cause accidental harm to both themselves and innocent victims.
The difference between a wise person and a fool is not about: Position, Talent or :
- Intelligence. I know fools with masters degrees and Ph.Ds. Some of them teach in universities and have written books. Conversely, I know wise people who never graduated from high school and a few who can’t read. (Source michaelhyatt)
In My Opinion,
Based on the wisdom being the result of understanding, the referendum voter tally may indicate the percentage of voters who might have made a foolish choice in Cook County.
You Decide
Is my understanding and opinion on this issue wise or foolish?
Do you believe that voters who voted yes but will never use recreational marijuana do not understand the issue of safety on roads, or do not care what fools do to themselves, or their community?
Regards and goodwill blogging,
Source Links
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-evr-marijuana-referendum-tl-0329-20180320-story.html
https://michaelhyatt.com/the-wise-and-the-foolish/
https://rudymartinka.com/2014/03/05/king-solomon-on-intellectual-fools/
If Interested
Previous posts on marijuana can be accessed by checking on Blog Categories link Marijuana
Thanks for continuing to speak the truth. Sad to see this but the “trends” are against continuing to prohibit its use.
Be blessed.
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Cell phones, texting while driving and alcohol probably are greater threats than recreational marijuana. I support legalization of most drugs. The current experiment in Portugal seems to indicate a better way than criminalization.
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Thanks for your comment.
After reading the link below Observation paragraphs, in my opinion, the experiment did not prove positive.
In my opinion, passing a law to prevent purchase of marijuana will not stop adolecents from obtaining marijuana. It will only give them greater access and availability same as alcohol laws are ineffective.
Medical research studies prove that many alcohol and drug addictions begin in adolescents stages of life.
Making marijuana more available will over time result in greater social problems and costs to nonuser taxpayers, in my opinion.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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link oops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal
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Marijuana use before age 18 is harmful to developing teens, but so is smoking.
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Agree, I took almost 100 years for the government to force tobacco companies to admit that they knowingly and purposely used nicotine to addict millions of people.
The result was millions of Americans died of lung cancer in the meantime.
In my opinion, that reason alone should convince a wise person not to use marijuana for recreational purposes.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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From the perspective of a recovered addict, there is a great deal of waste and corruption in prohibition. Though it may seem foolish, I am for people being allowed to make their own mistakes. Weed is readily available to those who want it. I am not in a position to judge and am directed not to. I am the change I wish to see in my sphere of influence, wanting most to do His will and by example lead the lost to Him
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I cannot disagree on your logic. However, the health problems that result in time because of foolish choices by users is not fair to the people who are wise enough to not choose to risk their health using drugs to seek pleasure.
When you consider a user’s medical and social costs will be shared by non users who will wind up paying higher insurance and taxes in time to treat the bad effects of legalized recreational marijuana.
Reards and goodwill blogging
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We’re paying 90% or more of that cost already in enforcement and corrections, treatment, etc. The longing in the “foolish” is inherent in all of us.
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Vapor sage,
You commented,
“We’re paying 90% or more of that cost already in enforcement and corrections, treatment, etc. The longing in the “foolish” is inherent in all of us.”
I agree we are all paying a lot of money to subsidize foolish decisions made by fools.
Your statement brought to mind the logic that legalizing recreational marijuana will provide additional tax revenue to municipalities.
Problem is in the short term, they are right.
Problem is they will spend the money to pay for other pet projects and expenses today. However tomorrow when the other problems arise to pay for the health and welfare effects from recreational drugs, the money will not be there.
If all the taxes were put in a special fund and held to pay those costs in the future, it might be available in the future. For example, your example of smokers which result in lung cancer treatment, are very expensive.
For a 54 year old patient, it is $1,000,000 per patient according to this link..
https://www.acscan.org/sites/default/files/Costs%20of%20Cancer%20-%20Final%20Web.pdf
Question will be in the future if even the fund will ever realize a profit or positive result from the taxes accumulated from marijuana sales in the municipalities.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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We’re certainly a nation that has lost its way. College graduates think socialism is viable. Belief in God is ridiculed and the result is finding relief in mind altering substances. Weed is far less deadly than alcohol or cigarettes yet we continue to bear the expense of those Marijuana does have some therapeutic benefits where I see few if any from alcohol tobacco is down right harmful
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The root cause of our losing our way is we lost sight of the benefits to our society that originated from our founders religious beliefs, wisdom, and common sense, in my opinion.
What the world needs now in addition to love is wisdom.
Thanks again for your comments and interest.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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All I can do is do my best to be an example of a believer and one dependent on God not the government and express from my experience that we cannot legislate morality
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I agree we cannot legislate morality. However, we can have Congress pass laws to in effect overturn the Supreme Court misinterpretation of the wall they built to separate church from state.
Right now, in my opinion, since our public schools are prohibited from teaching religious morality, we are seeing and hearing the results of peoples folly because they never were taught morality. Instead they are taught millions of laws that are impossible to either remember,, enforce, or have any incentives to obey..
If interested,
https://rudymartinka.com/2018/01/10/king-solomon-church-and-state-wall-war-declaration/
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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Wisdom is indeed needed and active participation of like minds, Thy will not mine be done.
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