Disjointed

For this week’s blog post I watched the first episode of the Netflix original series Disjointed. Which follows the crew of Ruth’s Alternative Caring marijuana dispensary in southern California. This show is very fun and witty, and full of way too many puns. With bloodshot eyes and a smile Ruth is there to serve you for all of your marijuana needs. The customers in this store are given their medication, and then hang around the shop while it runs its course. Ruth’s son, Travis, is greatly encouraging her to make the shop a franchise while they have the chance. With the new, now legal, merging market it is now their chance to make large amounts of profits. As travis said, “We could be the Walmart of marijuana.” Ruth is very old fashioned and doesn’t want to buy into the idea.

Obviously, this show makes light of something that is a very controversial debate currently in the United States. That is the legalization of marijuana. At Ruth’s Alternative Care dispensary the patients are required to have their license and a doctors note solidifying their need for the medicine. This show makes a lot of jokes and cracks, but this is something that is very real in America’s current culture. With the recent legalization of marijuana in a few of the states in America. There were many people that were happy, and had been fighting for this for years, while other Americans were up in arms about it.

Personally, I think that there is really nothing wrong with the legalization of marijuana. It’s something that has been so widely accepted and used for hundreds of years. People are going to continue to use it whether or not it is legal. Also, I think that the legal charges for marijuana are outrageous. People with a few ounces on them are getting locked up for years upon years. This is not fair. I think that it should become legal because it is already so widely accepted by so many different people. If it became legal, each individual state could gain in on the profits of it. Taxing the marijuana the way that we tax alcohol and cigarettes, would help the economy. Creating more jobs from growing, and manufacturing the marijuana would also help the state’s economy. There has also been so many different proven medical benefits from the use of cannabis.There are so many people that are suffering in the world, that could have a much better quality of life if they were able to have the access to legal cannabis. This could be something that could be really beneficial for everyone that is involved in the matter.