Thanks, Annie, for the Modest
Proposal .
I’m going to go waaaaay out on a limb here and guess that the
cannabis industry in Santa Barbara County is going to have snit fits about this
Swiftian note.
All I can say is “LS/MFT.”
For those too young to remember, this is not a reference to a
boy band.
Translated it is “Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco,” an
advertising slogan that resulted in numerous lung-cancer deaths and generations
of people struggling with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). My own
father-in-law, a medical pathologist who was among the first to remove dairy
products from his diet in the 1950s, continued to believe tobacco was not
carcinogenic … as he lay dying of lung cancer.
Cannabis, whether used as THC or CBD, is not a panacea. It is
also not an inoffensive alternative to alcohol. And it is definitely not
adequately researched for the consuming public to understand the dangers, much
less verify any of the touted benefits.