I had some family members, that felt it necessary to have a new pet peeve whenever they came to the house.
- They would take something simple they had heard on the news and turn it into a big deal.
Three weeks ago, they had heard that marijuana had been legalized for recreational use. My great aunt, who is 82 years old, idly sat back and listened to her brother and my father discussing the legalization of recreational marijuana. I was waiting to hear what she would have to say, because she always came up with some off-the-wall comment that made me laugh. My father was all for legalizing recreational marijuana, and my uncle was totally against it and the discussion was getting heated. My aunt sat back and asked what the big deal was with marijuana? She said she used marijuana as far back as when she was a kid. She still uses marijuana, but now it is just CBD. She looked at my father and told him she remembered him using marijuana and stealing some of her CBD Gummies whenever he had a chance. My uncle was 10 years younger than my aunt, his sister, and she called him out on how much marijuana he had used as a youngster, and how he now uses CBD for his arthritis. She told them they needed to open their eyes and realize that marijuana use has been around for many, many centuries, and it was about time they woke up and realized that it was no longer just for getting high.