A few months before I turned 21, I started talking about all the fun things I wanted to do for my birthday.
One thing that was making me feel particularly excited was going to a marijuana dispensary.
Marijuana has been legalized in this state for almost 5 years and I only recently became old enough to purchase the product from a legal dispensary. I told my mom that I was thinking about going to a dispensary and she was very upset. She told me that it would be better to go to a bar and drink beers with my friends. I told my mom that the number of drunk driving accidents that occur on someone’s 21st birthday are staggering. I didn’t plan to go to a bar that night. On the morning of my birthday, my mom called to wish me a happy day. The second thing she said on the phone was not to go to a marijuana dispensary. She begged me to reconsider the horrible decision. Unfortunately for my mom, my friends were already hanging out at that house and we were waiting for the dispensary to open. I knew that my mom wasn’t happy with the decision, but if the government feels that it is safe enough to be legalized, then my mom shouldn’t have a problem either. I never told her about the fun I had on that day. It would have been nice to share the stories of going to see different cannabis shops. I hope one day my mom will understand that marijuana isn’t a drug.