Detroit Metro Times: How to gently debate pot with your bigmouth brother-in-law

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How to gently debate pot with your bigmouth brother-in-law

By Larry Gabriel
Published: January 25, 2012


Your conservative in-laws are over for dinner and, as usual, your bigmouth brother-in-law has an opinion about everything and doesn't mind letting you know all about it. Then he spies a copy of the petition to legalize marijuana in Michigan sitting on a table. And, of course, he has to let you know what he thinks about it. He sounds like he just got all his information directly from the attorney general and is getting in your face as he attempts to throttle you with the "facts" about marijuana. Here are a few facts of your own that just might shut up the loud, opinionated bigmouth in your family.

He comes swaggering into the room reeking of bourbon and says, "I see you got one of those marijuana petitions. I always knew you were stupid, but now you're leaving no doubt."

Yeah, you want to slap him silly, but that won't solve anything, so you ask: "What's so stupid about exercising my democratic right to petition the government?"

"It's stupid because drugs are stupid, and we don't need to encourage a bunch of drug addicts and send the wrong message to the kids. We need to protect the kids." .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://metrotimes.com/mmj/relative-issues-1.1262015