Carl Sagan Was a Secret Pot Smoker

alphuris writes "CNN.com has a little nugget of info about Carl Sagan being an avid Marijuana user. Apparently Marijuana's effects were a good part of Sagan's motivation to write his books and do his research. Who says Marijuana's a downer?" The article also says, "Ann Druyan, Sagan's former wife, is a director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. The nonprofit group promotes legalization of marijuana."

Comments

Take this as a slap in your face.

[Sativa Primera]

No matter who you are, this is a slap in your face. But, not for the obvious reasons... In 1937 a missguided man made the following statement...

"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." Harry Anslinger, U.S. Commissioner of Narcotics, testifying to Congress on why marijuana should be made illegal, 1937. (Marijuana Tax Act, signed Aug. 2, 1937; effective Oct. 1, 1937.)

It is this exact mentality that is responsible for the negativity surrounding Marijuana. We have all been told for as long as we will remember that Marijuana is EVIL, it will "melt your brain", it will cause you to have sex with "undesireables". As we sit here as mature adults who are all mostly intelligent and working in a high tech field, I would venture to guess that some 80% of you have smoked Marijuana. I'd also guess 50% of you smoke Marijuana on a "regular" basis. But yet, Your brains have not melted, you have a good job, and you don't sleep around. So as deductive thinking individuals we are left with the conclusion that our Government has lied to us about a potentially benefical natural substance for the past 60 some odd years. How's that make you feel? We elect these officials, it is our responsibility to announce that we will not accept their lies any longer. We are now capable of learning from a new medium, called the internet. It provides us with the information that we previously could not obtain. In it's purist form it has givin new meaning to the word freedom. No longer do we have to listen to their politically motivated mumbo jumbo. Let this article be a lesson to us all. Good people get high. That is a fact. Do these people belong in jail? Sativa Primera WebMaster Marijuana.Com

Oh please

[Jethro]

Well, never did really like Carl Sagan, but that's besides the point. I guess now we know why he kept repeating himself over andover and over. That too is besides the point.

People: marijuana kills you.

At best, you're slowly turning your brain into mush.

I've seen people die because of marijuana. Either indirectly, because they were dumb enough to operate heavy machinary (namely cars and motorcycles) under the influence.

Or directly, because they had really low blood preassure, and the first joint they tried made their blood preassure drop really low. There were a few people there, all of which, except for me, were stoned. I go "Hey, where's Tracy?" and they all start giggling. "She fell asleep!". Well, she didn't, she fainted and would have died if I haden't made her eat a whole bunch of cofee and salt.

Now I'm not trying to tell all of you not to smoke pot. I wish you didn't, and I want you all to know that even though I've never met you, it hurts me personally to know people do that.

what I'm saying is, don't try and justify your own actions by the actions of others. Jesus, who cares if Carl Sagan smoked something or not? You think because he, or the President of the United States did it, that makes it ok? Well, it doesn't. If you want to smoke pot for your own sakes and ruin your own brains with chemicals, that's your own business, not Carl Sagan's.

Yes, major rant, but this hit a raw nerve.

When you guys lose as many friends to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, you'll be saying the same things.