Humanity

Happy 4-20! 🚬

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The air was full of sweet perfume as I stepped outside this afternoon, you could smell it on the buses.

Honestly I don’t have a strong preference one way or another when it comes to marijuana. Some people like to smoke or or eat it but I have very little interest in partaking in cannabis, especially not the over priced, highly taxed stuff sold in dispenseraries. Especially as I’ve grown older and more interested in personal health.

Cannabis might be more fun than drinking beer, as Phil Ochs once said. But it’s just as unhealthy, although it’s debatable how harmful the intoxication is compared to alcohol. But it makes you fat by stimulating your hunger and involves inhaling a toxic byproducts of combustion. It ruins your memory but does make you much more relaxed, easy going and open to new experience.

The war on cannabis never made much sense, much like the war on drugs. Addicts need treatment not jail time. A lot of people are passionate about their cannabis and the marijuana smoking lifestyle and I think it’s a gateway drug towards learning more about agriculture. And an interesting, if not somewhat oversold crop. But whatever…

How would the media cover Jesus Christ.

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How would the media today cover the trial of Jesus Christ if it happened today?

Before sunrise

If Jesus Christ was brought up on trial today for the crime of treason, I often wonder how would the media cover the trial. Would he be portrayed as an angry mad-man, leader of an angry cult that committing unthinkable crimes against the state? Somebody declared a menace to God and man, most deserving of his painful death on cross? I am sure the District Attorney would be featured in a press conference, discussing how long-sought after justice was finally served against Jesus Christ — and that his death on the cross would deliver long-needed closure for the victims.

The television would also bring on voices of people who were victimized by Jesus Christ, for his acts of treason, organizing people against the lawful orders of the state. They might briefly mention his work on behalf of the common man, but argue that the way he went around confronting the Alderman and the rich power brokers, isn’t the way forward. The media would attach all of the bad actions of his followers to Jesus Christ, the violence, the hatred, all of which Jesus was not responsible for as the leader of the common man against the rich.

Why is Gen Z drinking less? – The Hill

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Why is Gen Z drinking less? – The Hill

Gen Zers are drinking less than young people in past generations: about 20 percent less alcohol per capita than millennials did at their age, according to a report from Berenberg Research.

And many are forgoing booze entirely. The share of college-age adults abstaining from alcohol has grown from 20 to 28 percent over the last two decades, a University of Michigan study found.

The shift away from alcohol stems in part from a heightened awareness of the risks that come with drinking, from poor decisionmaking to addiction to negative health impacts.

Young people “are actually learning that alcohol is toxic to humans,” said Charles Smith, an addiction specialist at the American Addiction Centers Recovery First Treatment Center in Hollywood, Fla.