I never set out to be a stoner.
I wanted to be the All-American poster boy of success, so I stayed away from drugs. At first, it really worked. I studied hard, and found unparalleled opportunities, like graduate school at New York University and law school at Harvard. But before I was old enough to drink, I'd discovered to my shock that I could no longer succeed without weed. That discovery turned my whole life around.
I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), an extremely common diagnosis which signifies that while the doctor agrees that something is wrong with your intestines, s/he has no real idea what it is. To this day, I still don't know. All I know is that I've tried over a dozen prescriptions to treat my symptoms, and only one of them has ever worked:
Marijuana.
Having both a condition treatable only by medical marijuana and a degree from Harvard Law School is a potent combination. Under their influence, I have set out to elucidate, in the plainest English possible, the likeliest effects of the many different kinds of legalization on the issues that concern voters the most: minors, taxes, dependency, crime rates, racial justice, the environment, and more.
Oh, and I also love writing poetry. I'm excited to learn what you have to teach me!