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| America had a Seizure When I have a seizure it begins with an overwhelming aura of deja vu, which is immediately followed by severe vertigo. My brain is overcome with the worst feeling you can imagine. My vision becomes distorted and compromised, and my eyes track to the left. It takes me several days to several months to recover, depending on the length and severity of the seizure. An aura at the beginning of the decade was noticed by some, but ignored or dismissed by the majority. George W. Bush was elected, and the effects of unchecked capitalism began to destroy the American dream. Bush was elected a second time. Deja vu. Our beloved America's brain was overcome by the worst feeling we could have imagined. Our economy imploded, due to events completely out of the control of the sane, kindhearted, rational people that by all logic and rights should be the ones who lead us. 
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The herb made soldiers question orders to end the life of another human being. "
The effects of the seizure are widespread. Our eyes tracked to the right, distracted by trivial politics. A tragic event occurred which could have unified us but instead was used to justify an illegitimate war. A belligerent administration careened our country into chaos. My seizures have triggers. In April I was in my last semester of graduate school and had the pressure of three demanding classes and a 25-page thesis to write with a fast-approaching deadline. I had been on the same medication for seven years, and its effectiveness had been reduced. I was living under the dark cloud of my parents' failing marriage. I was sleep-deprived, and the previous night I had imbibed a significant amount of alcohol. I forgot to take my seizure meds. A perfect storm. My seizure lasted for four hours and nearly killed me. The triggers for America's seizure are not a mystery. Trillions spent on war. Reckless deregulation and greed. Toxic investments permeating the world's economy ... fortunes lost, social services slashed, millions out of work. Of course our Decider interfered to preserve the current spend-and-borrow paradigm that threatens to annihilate the world's resources in a single generation.  It has become apparent that the powers that be in the United States (whether corporate or politician) value the development of sophisticated killing devices over you and me. What gives them the right to dictate the continued raping of the earth's resources when we have the technology to preserve our only planet? And what gives them the right to say that we can't utilize a wonderful, miraculous plant that has endless therapeutic and practical applications? Marijuana helped me cope in high school after a severe traumatic brain injury at age 13. I was a newly disabled teenager, completely socially isolated and depressed. Everything was taken from me. I believe marijuana saved me from taking my own life. It continues to provide me with many benefits, a few of which are relief from my excruciating pain, severe muscle cramps and spasms, and anxiety. Marijuana also provides relief for my seizures. The seven-leafed plant aids in their prevention, as well as recuperation in their aftermath. After a seizure my brain throbs from its core and my whole body aches. My psyche, emotional state, and body are severely traumatized. The second I got home from the hospital after my four-hour seizure I hit the bong. It provided instant relief for my entire being. This sacred plant could provide instant relief for America's seizure as well. Legalizing marijuana could help heal the crippled economy by providing billions in tax revenue for a bankrupt government and potentially create hundreds of thousands of new jobs for the American people. It could also trigger a shift away from a ruthless, profit-driven materialistic society to a more sustainable, peace-loving and responsible one. People ahead of profits -- what a notion. We need to question why this plant was made illegal in the first place. I believe the military initially had the biggest impact on making marijuana illegal because the herb made soldiers question orders to end the life of another human being. The plant was demonized in order to maintain military might and to prevent people from questioning reality. The tobacco, cotton and lumber industries -- and, more importantly, pharmaceutical companies -- continue to campaign to keep marijuana illegal to protect their dominance over the American consumer. They force those unwilling to break the law to use their synthetic, permanently mind-altering, side-effect ridden "medications." Politics are an intended distraction. We, the people, have allowed the formation of a system that rewards greed and undermines responsibility and personal freedom. It's time for the moralists and authoritarians and their flock of sheep to step aside. It's time we take a stand. It's time for the legalization of marijuana, and the beginning of a new era of peace, love, and sustainability. And to Mr. Obama and the Washington elites: We elected you not to compromise and work towards reelection. We elected you to solve solvable problems. Instead you are playing the partisan politics you campaigned against and continue to perpetuate the paradigm of soulless corporate power that cares nothing of people or environment. Enact real change now or get out of the way. - Brian Ross This story originally published in Mary Jane Magazine #3, Winter 2011. |
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