Weed: Medicine or Menace?
A Puff for now and no more yet he runs back the next minute.
The rate of moral decadence is alarming,
The youths hold a stake.
You see it everywhere, the new norm.
Fighting, stabbing, and shooting are matters arising for News hubs.
These acts are actuated by their indulgence.
Indulgence to what?
The abuse of drugs. Mostly weed.
It’s cheap and readily available.
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I am keen to gain more knowledge on this substance.
My curiosity led me to Wikipedia,
It is referred to as, the Cannabis sativa plant.
The botanical name for weed.
Industrial hemp, sour diesel, purple haze, blue dream,
Northern light and Acapulco gold are of the same class.
Used as a source of industrial fiber, seed oil, recreation, and medicine.
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I traveled down to New York Times,
It stated that weed cultivation could be dated back to 12,000 years ago.
It was first grown in East Asia.
Ancestral gene pool begat all existing breeds.
It happened in the Neolithic period.
Mainly for fiber and medicinal uses.
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I took my research to the trenches
Getting answers wasn’t easy, unlike previous sources.
I almost got mobbed by junkies puffing in smoke.
What are you doing here?
I need answers to the use of weed.
Exhaling smoke from nostril and mouth,
He laughed.
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It is the food of the soul,
It is a medicine that cures depression,
It is a spaceship that pulls you into cloud nine.
It is ….
I didn’t wait to hear more benefits as I took to my heels.
Their laughter trailed me home.
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A year later, I ply the same route home,
He beckoned to me for alms.
He is a shadow of himself now.
These were the weed effects.
It made him weak and lazy to work,
It made him violent he got into constant fights with his mother
In a bid to raise money to quench his addiction.
It created a monster in him as he lurked around defiling underage girls.
It propelled him to take up arms to steal.
He is a frequent visitor to rehab.
He is also an ex-convict of his numerous crimes.
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Wine is a mocker but weed is addictive and destructive.
It’s a cankerworm that has burrowed deep holes in our youths.
Mental retardation in recent years is an abuse of its substance.
A perfect example of don’t judge a book by its cover,
Beautiful yet deadly plants.
It is harmful to man.
It is a threat to the younger generation.
Its abuse must cease.
