Cops, Lawyers, Politicians, Americans, think about it.

By on August 22nd, 2010

Imagine a workday for a hardworking young man trying to earn his way. On the scene of a newly built house, a lot of finishing work is necessary.

The first part of the day is carrying 200-lb spruce trees, the bottoms are wrapped in burlap and handling the irritating branches with bare arms is almost unavoidable (should have brought a long-sleeve shirt but can’t do anything about it then). His shoes are filled with dirt and the only parts of uncovered skin are either covered with welts and scratches or nicely saturated with the sticky pine resin. The next job happens conveniently around noon, in the heat of the day. The work is nothing less than installing R-18 fiberglass insulation (known to contractors as the worst thing already irritated arms can possibly touch) in a hot attic. After that the last task is to unload a large trailer full of cement board (the most inconveniently shaped and unbelievably heavy form of drywall) into a kitchen. And immediately after that reload the trailer with extra drywall (140 lbs per sheet) from the basement carefully maneuvered through a kitchen cramped with expensive Chinese cherry cabinets (Chinese cherry is a rare wood that is almost impossible to find online and the set is priced at over $80,000 dollars–for the record i would never spend that much on a set of cabinets but apparently the people having the house built have nothing better to spend their money on.). Now this may come as a surprise, but in this time of bad economy, this young man is happy to do this at minimum wage.

I am not an illegal immigrant and I am not a high school dropout, I am about to move into my senior year this coming semester; and the money I am saving will be going directly into my college fund so I can honestly earn a living in this day and age. My family isn’t below the poverty line but I’m not born into the “Rich and Famous”, and I don’t get many breaks. No one is making me work and this is the most reliable job I have been able to find. I haven’t had a car given to me and often after work i will be waiting for my dad (a computer programmer) to leave work for the 20-mile commute to the countryside where we live.

Now the punchline.

Imagine at the end of the day in the two uncomfortable hours before a shower is even possible, a substance exists that could make the passing of time even to the point of comfortable and fun.

Now say just what you think about such a substance, and remember.you are anonymous on here.
Although my title suggests it, this isn’t a fight towards legalizing marijuana, and its actually not about illegal drugs at all, and it’s not about getting “permission” because quite honestly I just don’t give a fig about what I am or am not aloud to do as long as I am staying out of trouble and accomplishing what I’d like to. Rather it is an outcry to the public about your opinions about what some people would consider substance abuse. “dudeman” thank you for taking the time out to write a long answer to me, and much of what you said makes sense, and congratulations on never using substances to “ease your pain”, but do you feel like a better person because you lived a harder life than I am. To better answer my question you could just give me reasons not to then explain how much tougher you are than me.really, it isn’t helping and i don’t think many people care about how hard you worked just like I expect them not to care about how much I work.