Dr Joycelyn Elders

Is my fucking hero.

You’re also a vocal proponent of medical marijuana. Why?

I have been speaking out about it for a long time. I’m a member of the board of advisors of a medical marijuana group. To me, it’s not nearly as toxic for our bodies as tobacco or alcohol. It should be legalized. As far as we know, it doesn’t cause lung cancer, it doesn’t cause people to go out and drive drunk and commit crimes. If it helps reduce the nausea and vomiting and reduce leg cramps, make patients feel better, what’s wrong with that? We should make it available to people who need it. I feel if people want marijuana, they could get a prescription. Then we can tax it and know who is getting it. I don’t think it is a drug that is doing harm to this country. By arresting people, putting them in jail for crimes related to marijuana, we’re spending millions on drug enforcement and it causes more problems. Young people are convicted of a crime, they can’t get money to go to school, we have over 2 million prisoners a years and many related to drug use—it is a vicious cycle and one we created.

Now, I know your thinking who the fuck is Dr. Joycelyn Elders and why should I give a fuck about her being your hero?

Dr. Joycelyn Elders was the first African-American woman appointed to surgeon general in 1993.  And she has been the only surgeon general who has said that marijuana should be legal because it is safer than alcohol and tobacco. (Plus she’s the only woman who can pull off that hair style with those glasses.)

But what catapulted her from “cool black woman” surgeon general to “I’m going to let this woman have my baby” surgeon general  is how she got fired. She got yanked out of office for telling people that teenagers should masturbate instead of having unprotected sex.

Let me say that again: Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the first African-American woman surgeon general, told teenagers they should masturbate instead of having unprotected sex.

How fucking badass is that?

Note to any government employee who reads this blog: you will automatically become my new hero if you publicly state that you’re an advocate of masturbation.

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