This American Life
Lately, I had been thinking about the subject of people being influenced by drugs in public and in the work place. Just by coincidence This American Life broadcast an episode exploring that very subject! I Was So High starts off with Ira Glass commenting that some people don't even notice when those around them are high. "...If you are not a daily drug user, or not a big drug user, it doesn't occur to you that other people around you might be high." I feel that I am fully in this camp. I am mostly an observant person, but when it comes to the moods and internal perception of other people, I am normally clueless. Perhaps part of me just doesn't want to know.
Since Washington now has legalized marijuana it has been a out-of-the-closet topic of debate. Now, that it is legal by state standards, there is a lot more public debate and considerations. I applaud the debate, education and transparency of any subject; knowledge is power. But most of the time I just run through mental hypothetical situations.I thought this was a subject that is extremely personal: the choice to use drugs by an individual. But that choice can have more lasting effects on the surrounding individuals then the user themselves. It is a subject that I mull over every once in awhile.
Since Washington now has legalized marijuana it has been a out-of-the-closet topic of debate. Now, that it is legal by state standards, there is a lot more public debate and considerations. I applaud the debate, education and transparency of any subject; knowledge is power. But most of the time I just run through mental hypothetical situations.I thought this was a subject that is extremely personal: the choice to use drugs by an individual. But that choice can have more lasting effects on the surrounding individuals then the user themselves. It is a subject that I mull over every once in awhile.