Now that Mr. B. plays football in middle school, I am repeatedly reminded of society’s double standard when it comes to alcohol vs marijuana. Not that he does either of those yet, but their culture affects football players in college and the pros and I’m sure some of it begins in high school.
“In the bizarre macho ethos of the NFL, alcoholism is ignored, pain killer abuse is encouraged and other violent, off-field behavior is winked at because these are byproducts of the kind of destructive masculinity that the NFL markets every Sunday. Marijuana, in contrast, is for hippies, beatniks and long-hairs.”
Via Drug WarRant.
Worth a read, even if it is in that execrable Lefty rag The Nation. The truth, of course, is that many college and NFL football players ignore the hippie label and smoke pot—as they have since high school.
They are (despite lefty slander) actually smart enough to know that the pot high is gentler than the alcohol one, less likely to make them belligerent or ill, and it fades away much sooner. Altogether, it’s the smarter way to get high, and way too many young players have their careers and lives ruined when some petulant thug from the badge gang arrests them for it.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 