“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8

I HATE marijuana. No, I’ve never tried it because I didn’t need to. The stuff available back in 1955, I am told, was weak compared to what’s available today. But it was strong enough to destroy the relationship between my best friend and I. It was then that he chose to follow THAT crowd rather than be my friend. I let him.

Over the years I’ve heard lots of arguments for the benefits of this drug. It wouldn’t surprise me if many reading this may fall into that ‘Pro’ category. But the argument for the medicinal benefits of marijuana sound more like made up ‘healthy’ arguments for NOT cleaning your room! I can easily smell an excuse!

Marijuana, like alcohol, is a drug. I’ve never seen ‘A bottle of Jack Daniels,’ written on a doctor’s prescription. People use it to get high… to take the edge off, or to… whatever! But even folks I’ve talked to who use marijuana KNOW, it isn’t a GOOD thing. Florida faces a bad amendment, written by bad folks, to make it legal.

I went to Miami with my family a little over a year ago. As we walked the South Beach area, I kept asking, “what’s that stench?” Turns out that skunky smell was exactly what our community’s playgrounds, school parking lots and downtowns could smell like this if Amendment 3 passes. It didn’t work well for Colorado.

The Bible is clear. Anything that alters one’s mind from a sober state to another is an invitation for the Devil to enter and destroy. JESUS says so! Go ahead and call me an old fuddy-duddy if you want. But if you do, you might as well roll up a joint and hand it to your 8 year old and ask him to join you. Yeah… like THAT’s ok!

So I suggest you vote NO on Amendment 3. And if my opinion keeps me off your party invitation list, well… you really wouldn’t a fuddy-duddy like me, OR Gov. Ron Disantis, to come anyway. I advise… Keep your head together… and get high on Jesus! Vote NO to keep future minds clear!