Zita's Little World

Just a random series of thoughts that run through my head.

Monday, April 11, 2005

Hmmm....

So,
I'm sitting here, writing a paper about the racist motivations behind the prohibition of marijuana, cocaine and opium in Canada, listening to Pink Floyd (at this very minute, Comfortably Numb) and thinking of how much fun it would have been to have been my age in the 60s...Just a thought.

Thought y'all might find this quote from, soon to be featured on the Canada's newest 50 dollar bill, Justice Emily Murphy, along with her 4 compatriots from the Famous Five:

"The [marihuana] addict loses all sense of moral responsibility. Addicts to this drug, while under the influence, are immune to pain, and could be severely injured without having any realization to their condition. While in this condition they becoming [sic] raving maniacs and are liable to kill or indulge in any form of violence to other persons, using the most savage methods of cruelty without, as said before, any sense of moral responsibility."