A NEW FORM OF PROTEST – THE SMOKE-IN

This smoke-in lead to two arrests.

Does the opioid crisis get you down? Do you ever just feel like the system of prohibition has not helped AT ALL? Well great news! A sit-in has occurred in good ol’ Washington D.C. whereby protestors have decided to smoke cannabis in the office of DC Councilmember Andy Harris. This creative form of protest may just *spark* a broader discussion of how cannabis may be used to help patients wean themselves off opioids.

Research indicates that states with some form of legal medical cannabis also have less overdose deaths, which is promising. The fact that NO ONE has ever died from a marijuana overdose is also promising. Just think if you replaced the drugs that killed 72,000 people in 2017 with a drug that has never killed anyone. It may not be as effective at controlling pain, but cannabis has a lot of positive medical benefits, and it should be up to doctors to prescribe it nation-wide.
​
We don’t know for sure how effective cannabis would be at dealing with the opioid crisis, but the methods of science can solve this dilemma so its worth a try. Afterall, we cannot be as ineffective as we have using criminalization in reducing overdose deaths. The death toll of the epidemic keeps rising. May as well start lighting up right now. To me, this seems a brilliant form of peaceful protest. Here’s to the Smoke-In!! 

---