Kryptonite Cannabis
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the claim goes.
Is this a consequence of the drug? Or the subculture of marijuana smokers? Is it
something that occurs because its participants think that it occurs? Does it occur at all? Is
it, like many other beliefs about marijuana, pure myth? Myth or not, it is believed; it is
part of the smoker's folklore.
There is, moreover, an ancient lineage; one of the most engaging statements of
marijuana's powers comes not from a contemporary figure, but from the American poet,
John Greenleaf Whittier, whose wholesome non-head life spanned almost the entire last
century. In a poem, "The Haschish," Whittier dramatized the capacity of cannabis to
allow—even force—man to step out of the habitual into the novel:
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The Mollah and the Christian dog,
Change places in mad metempsychosis;
The Muezzin climbs the synagogue;
The Rabbi shakes his beard at Moses!
...
The robber offers alms, the saint
Drinks Tokay and blasphemes the Prophet.
...
The preacher eats, and straight appears
His Bible in a new translation.24]
What was suggested a hundred years ago is today a dominant theme.
Yet we must underscore the ideological nature of this claim. If, indeed, such a process
occurs at all, our reading of it is totally determined by our present political position. To a
conservative, any agent which causes its users to question the foundations of society as it
is presently constituted is pernicious, undesirable, and should be banned. To the critically
minded radical who wishes to reform society, such an agent is for the good. It is
impossible to settle the dispute rationally, since the values on which it is based are totally
within the zone of the nonrational. Since most marijuana smokers are either politically
liberal or radical, they naturally would see this property of the drug as being wholly
desirable. And since most of marijuana's staunchest opponents could be labeled politically
conservative, their opposition to this is predictable.
The smokers themselves look at this effect in more positive terms. Although no
mention was made of using marijuana because it had the effect of releasing one's
inhibitions, it was nonetheless seen as a beneficial result of smoking the weed. One of our
interviewees describe this aspect of the marijuana high:
I'm more honest, open, more willing to let go, and admit to others my
feelings that they might interpret negatively. Time, the phenomenon, the
feeling of time passing, of growing old, disappears, and I feel less
depressed. Worrying about time and me getting older, disappears. Time
becomes more relative; I'm not as worried about time. I feel as if I control
my universe. I feel as if every beautiful thing I want is right here in my
room, and I don't have to go outside to get it. I see beauty in myself, how
sensitive I am. I can become a fantastic creature, like a fairy. I can se Marcemeryseeds
This led to clinical trials
with smoked marijuana or t,l-THC in glaucomatous patients Marcemeryseeds