Laguna Woods Collective – A Microcosm Of The Medical Marijuana Debate

Further to my post on the AP video story about seniors and medical marijuana, the Laguna Woods Marijuana collective is getting a bit more press than I would have assumed (especially with mainstream press typically fearing these kinds of stories). Today, it’s the SF Chronicle’s portrait of these medical marijuana loving seniors that is the surprise, and while I’ll grant you that it isn’t The Republic, or Weekly Standard, this is indeed a respected article from a respected paper.

It’s All About Framing

What’s funny about the story is that it frames the Laguna Woods Marijuana collective vs. the retirement community of the same name as kind of a microcosm of the current debate over medical marijuana. This issue is still a very divisive one, as everyone knows, and it’s interesting that this divisiveness has transferred into one of the more unusual groups to support the idea: Senior Citizens.

If there is a key point here, it’s that some people believe marijuana is a good thing. Obviously, 16 state governments also think this is the case. But the question to ask yourself if you don’t believe this opinion is: do you believe that these Seniors are criminals? Should they be locked up for smoking a plant?

You don’t have to like Medical Marijuana, but it is law. The ball is rolling here, and you can’t stop progress.