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I’m going to rant about cannabis now. It is going to be raw and real. It may also offend a few people, and it will definitely go against the brainwashing of a lot of people from a lot of different backgrounds.

Let me start by saying, in regards to the above…

I don’t give a shit.

Now let’s move on.

I love devRant and the ranters in this community, but of course any group of people is going to have similar faults to those groups in the real world.

One thing I have seen a lot here is negative, childish, uninformed and generally stupid comments in response to the mention of cannabis products.

Some examples of the responses I have seen include…

“This has nothing to do with devRant and is not even a healthy post.”

“Yes because being a drunk and a stoner is far better.”

“You know you can also have friends without taking drugs…”

…

I get it though. These people have small and closed minds, they have been fed brainwashing about the subject their whole lives from people they trust, they may even live in a society that sees cannabis use as a serious crime with serious consequences.

Let me be clear. All of the above is meaningless. It is your choice to be a closed and weak minded person and it is your choice to be an asshole about it. (If your reading this and you wrote some of the above, then yes, you’re an asshole).

Now for a little about myself…

I am a medicinal cannabis patient and have been for many years since I had some serious health issues that almost killed me. I also live in a country that is about to legalize recreational use because we are a progressive society that believes in personal freedom if it doesn’t hurt anyone else.

I’ve used cannabis as a medical tool, as a learning tool, as a debugging tool, as a dating aide and for many many other uses in my life.

For me it’s medicine. End of story.

But usually when I say this people get a little apologetic like “I didn’t know” because most people understand that no-one has the right to tell you that medicine prescribed by a doctor is wrong for you (most people aren’t that stupid and ignorant, most).

Thats nice and all but I am going to stand up for the recreational users here. What makes these people think they have the right to treat a recreational user who is trying to improve their life worse than a medicinal person doing the same?..

It’s a rhetorical question, the answer is that these assholes will be assholes until someone stops them. They think that since the crowd will back me up (as a medicinal patient) that they won’t attack me and go against the popular opinion, but that is not the case for recreational users.

So what is actionable from this?

Well this is my takeaway. If you see some closed minded asshole giving a cannabis user a hard time (either here or in real life) then call them out on it. Call them an asshole, call them closed minded and give support to those who choose to live their lives the way they want.

If you are the type of person that would say these negative things about cannabis users then you are no different than a person giving a diabetic a hard time for taking insulin; your an asshole.

So fuck those assholes.

Maybe one day they will grow up.

Maybe some day they will break free of the brainwashing.

Maybe someday they will open their minds and understand that even though cannabis may not be the right thing for them that it may be the right thing for others.

Maybe they will realize that the world doesn’t revolve around their biases, opinion and cultural background.

Or maybe they will just be assholes forever.

Remember, there are assholes everywhere. Pick your battles and stand up for what you believe is right, regardless of the dickheads around you yelling and shouting.

Smoke/Vape one for me and all the other stoner developer out there living 2 lives because of the judgement and ignorance of others.