Last week, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics – a law enforcement agency funded by the taxpayers of Oklahoma – posted some typical propaganda on Facebook about the dangers marijuana. They did this because, you know, marijuana is a lethal, addictive drug that will lead to the destruction of the human race:
Wow! You're telling me marijuana can change the way the brain works? I think we finally know why so many people use marijuana!
Some Facebook commenters took OBN to task for posting the propaganda, and as a retort, dropped some biblical arguments they claim support legalization. Listen, there are many reasons why marijuana should be legal, but unless you're trying to convince a judge at the Oklahoma Home School Science Fair to change his or her mind, using the Bible as an excuse is weak. Whether you're for marijuana legalization or against it, what's written in a 2,000-year-old book really shouldn't matter all that when it comes to 21st century laws and regulations.
Unfortunately, Mark Woodward, the theocratic propaganda chief for OBN, doesn't share those thoughts. He responded to the Facebook commenters with a mini-Bible lesson:
