As with most consensual crimes, this prohibition of hemp is both silly and sinister.

If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would all be.

You are powerful. Sorry. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. You are. You can continue arm wrestling with yourself, or you can use both arms, your whole heart, and all your strength to wrestle with greatness. The choice is yours.

When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland, we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

If we want the freedom to take part in our bit of differentness, then we must allow others their rights to take part in theirs, as long as they do not harm the person or property of a non-consenting other, of course. IT'S JUST common sense. It's also constitutional and it forms the cornerstone of the American ideal: free individual expression, tolerance and compassion.