In light of recent events, I feel the need to discuss a topic that I am very passionate about.

Ignorance.

I do not tolerate ignorance. I found my disdain for the ignorant while I was studying my religion a year or so ago.

Take a look at me, two years ago, I was a good little Mormon boy, with the beliefs that the church outfitted me: WATER:good COFFEE:bad POT:bad HEROIN:bad KISSING:bad, and I believed it, hell, I PREACHED it. I have always been a very passionate person about my beliefs… Until something comes up that might make me question them…

I was ignorant, because the church encouraged ignorance! It is consistently taught that anything the church didn’t write was automatically wrong, and in my world, it was true! Anyone who started to publicly explore what the rest of the world had to say, you were labeled as a heretic, an evildoer, a servant of the DEVIL, you can see what I mean if you have ever watched Gods Army. The guy who is always reading anti Mormon literature is purposely put into a negative light. It shows his life falling apart, and he ends up leaving his mission (which is the most taboo thing one can DO in the Mormon religion).

He was only fighting ignorance.

Now before I lose all any readers who ARE Mormon, I didn’t come here to bash you over the head with anti Mormon “stuff” I wanted to demonstrate how I have started down the path of educated decisions.

I have strayed from why I started this post. Ill get to the point, as it has turned into a lengthy read. Thank you all who have stayed with me.

If you have kept any sort of beat on the news, you would have noticed that Marijuana is a hot topic. States are Decriminalizing (approx 20 so far, Vermont being the most recent as of yesterday), studies are showing the medicinal benefits of the plant, Colorado is now the marijuana capital of the world, and D.A.R.E. is even taking the marijuana chapter out of the curriculum!

Even AFTER I tore from the church, I still held most of the same ideals that were taught in the religion. Especially the one about marijuana. I am part of the internet generation, the generation of free flowing information, and while on internet adventures, you hear a LOT of things… and some of these things started to catch my attention.

To make a long story short: I decided to do to marijuana, what I had done to my religion, Study the topic thoroughly, then make an educated decision.

My Findings? Well, This is one of the greatest examples of modern ignorance I can imagine.

You know the saying “stranger than fiction?” This is a great embodiment.

Please stay around for the ride.

Now I could sit here all day and spit facts at you, but I will share just 3 things I have found.

1. The government is full of shit.

2. Marijuana has amazing medicinal properties

3. The reason why Marijuana is still illegal at all: There is a disgusting amount of money being made by keeping it illegal.

I have been looking for months, ways to deliver what I had found through my studies in an easy to digest form… and last night I stumbled onto something that blew my mind.

http://vimeo.com/5887468

THE UNION, The business behind getting high.

THIS documentary is the most thorough documentary that I have come across. It shows the history, the benefits, the lack of ill effects, the corruption, the future and everything in between when it comes to marijuana, in an unbiased, fact driven, well edited form that IS easy to digest.

I’m not asking you to smoke marijuana, in-fact, I believe it should only be consumed through legal means,

but

I BEG that you watch this documentary, to become informed, to fight ignorance, and to overall LEARN.

The vote may soon be up to you as to whether or not marijuana is legalized, so I felt the need to get the right information to as many people as I can before it is too late. I have spent hours upon hours studying this stuff, if you want to talk about how bad of a person I am, or you have questions, I would love to talk to you.

-Matt