Is it ever! It’s been a problem for over half a century, at least from the early 1930s, in this country. Saying “Pot” is almost like swearing or hearing something obscene in many quarters. How did it get such a bad reputation? It’s a long story of course.

The reason I bring this up is that at the Norway UU church we’re allowing a couple people who don’t think Pot is the devil’s own medicine to speak on April 2nd, not in our sanctuary but in our downstairs concert hall and they have to pay for the usage just like any other organization.

One person is from the Maine Marijuana Policy Initiative, MMPI, and the other is a retired police officer from an organization called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, LEAP. Most of our church members were in favor of letting them speak, after all, there is a thing called free speech in this country, but one member went ballistic at the thought of it and another was very dubious. But majority rules and the meeting is being set up.

I’ve been doing a lot of research on the internet in the last several days on the marijuana problem and it’s very interesting of course. More later.