Dear Friends,

I have kind of a weird question. I know everyone is gonna look at this email with a raised eyebrow but, it was a question that came up at work and I thought I would share it with all of you.

Did George Washington smoke marijuana?

I may not be sure on this but, I don't think it was illegal back then? I am almost positive the indians did. They smoked pretty much anything that grew out of the ground. But, let's think about it no one really deemed it as wrong in that time so who knows who was smoking pot back then. The lunchroom discussion over this question transformed into a debate soon after. We as a group (when I say group I mean a warehouse full of people that look like the cast members to Fragal Rock) discussed what thoughts exactly lead to the forbidance of marijuana. I, not knowing if I was right whatsoever, said that maybe it was because marijuana....as harmless
physically as it is.....can and will control the life of someone who is too weak to control their own. We agreed that that be a good reason but, then we took it furthermore as I do in this letter.

Think about how many things can control our lives if we aren't weak enough to handle it. Now go one more and imagine if these things were illegal.

Could you imagine being arrested for being overweight? How about being charged with the possesion and intent to distribute chocolate? Let's face it there are a million things in this world...legal and illegal...that can take your life away from you without you even knowing it.

It's at times like this when I like to think about my life and ask the question, "Am I in the driver seat?"

"Or, am I just along for the ride?"

Love you guys,

Anthony Doria