Killing to young people

Just a short note before I forget

I really need to keep close track of my students bloopers. They help break the tension of worrying about how they’re doing. From another revision of the paper on medical marijuana:

THC, a chemical erection from marijuana . . .

I was reminded of this one when I read the brilliant summation of an article in the National Review about the mayor of New York coming out as a pot smoker:

But when it comes to policing grown-ups at leisure, the war on marijuana is sillier than a weed-fueled giggle. The same government that permits Americans to soften the edges of modern life with Xanax, Tylenol PM, Lotto, and Jagermeister immediately should put a match to the entire anti-pot project. If marijuana amuses the mayor of America’s premier city, it should be available to entertain adults in Anytown, USA.

I’ve got to agree with that. The only thing stupider than smoking pot all the time is legislating against it. It sort of reminds me about the uproar over sex education, lambasted by another student of mine who wrote a paper about AIDS awareness:

It is commonly assumed that killing to young people about sex will make them do it.

Yes, I’ve got to agree. Killing young people about sex doesn’t seem like a good idea either. It seems a lot more extreme than talking to them about it.