Thursday 29 May 2014

One direction doing drugs!

Sheesh!

Just when you thought it was a slow day in the news office, they happen to begin reporting that some members of one directon have been smoking "a joint".

Firstly, let me just say, i'm not here to defend their actions, their fans or anything else about the band which irritates the shit out of me... however, can we all do some growing up on this topic?

Breif history lesson, marajuana was made illegal around the world because of repeated law suits from the cotten industry which was about to fold had it not have been for the banning of hemp. The law suits were often filled with crazy and fake stories which at the time were believed and thus, hemp was banned... what kind of stories? Well, in one case a "scentist" said that he took the drug which made him grow wings and he was able to fly... So yeah, make of that what you will.

So what are the objections and my reply to them?

1) The boys are in the media and have fans which will copy their actions.

- My reply.

It is down to the parents of a child to teach them what is right and what is wrong in accordance with their standards. Smoking the drug has yet to lead to any deaths and has less side effects than becoming addicted to caffine, alcohol and tobacco. It is not down to pop stars to educate children on what is right and what is wrong in the world.

2) The boys are marketed and this will damage their image.

- My reply.

Will it? In more places around the world the use of hemp is now becoming legal again, even some states in America have re-alowed its use and theres a bill coming soon here in the UK which could see hemp made legal again. It has huge health benefits that go with it which is why in some places, like Canada, it is legal on medical grounds.

3) They do it knowing it is illegal in most parts of the world, what if they are smuggling it into countries to carry on with their adiction.

- My reply.

Firstly, yes, it is still banned in most parts of the world, but i'm sure that they're not addicted to having joints, nor would they risk their whole careers on bringing it with them wherever they happen to go. Smoking a joint doesn't get you addicted to it, like everything else in the world, it takes alot to get addicted to it.

4) What if children now start smoking drugs?

- My reply.

Again, parents are there to educate children and guide them through their early life, people will experiment with drugs, it's a fact, it happens... if children start doing it? So what? It's not rare to find a person these days who had their first cigarette aged 10 and under, alcohol at 15... etc. So if YOUR child stats smoking joints and you don't want them to... that's down to YOU to correct it.

5) Drugs should remain banned, they bad for all of us.

- My reply.

They shouldn't. Simple fact is we're supposed to live in a world where you are free to choose, so why are you free to get addicted to coffee, but not another substance? You can get addicted to almost anything these days if you let yourself, we shouldn't ban certain thing's because people will get addicted to them, because if we want to live by them rules, let's ban make-up, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, water, televisions, the internet, computer games, hair, electricity... everything that people can get addicted to. See, it's stupid isn't it?

In a study which was carried out by a government work official in the UK (who lost his job for doing it), he carried out a study on harmful substances and graded them as the should be graded according to risk, addiction etc. Do you know that coffee and alcohol were two of the highest? Higher than most banned drugs infact. Now of course he lost his job, he showed the government that they were wrong and no government likes that, so he was sacked quicker than the reports could be published in a bid to keep the research quiet... but it got out there eventually. Just because you're used to something being banned and for years you've been told "it's bad for you thats why it's illegal", doesn't make it true.

Finally, what the 1D members have done isn't too bad, theres alot worse that they could be doing. The whole argument of how they're supposed to be setting an example is just pathetic. Because if you want to start that argument, let's look at britney spears, got pissed and married.... then quickly divorced. Kim KarTRASHian had to leak a porn video in order to find fame. J-Lo, again, marrying and divorcing quicker than you can have a buffet at a kids birthday party.

There's ALOT of bad stuff in the world, so why don't we look at that and deal with it, rather than getting worked up because somebody used something that isn't legal where you are from.

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