My Diseased Mind

Taking crack one step further.

As I was taking my stroll along the digital yellow brick road that is the internet the other day, I stumbled upon a story that caught my attention.  That was the purpose of my mental stroll so I wasn’t shocked, but I still feel compelled to share.  It was Time Magazines top 10 oddball stories of the year.  Nestled among the jewel-encrusted skull, naked sleepwalkers, & the woman with a pencil in her head for 55 years was #9.  It was mainly about a Kansas City man being arrested for possessing Sonoran Desert toads which are used to produce a certain hallucinogenic drug.  But at the end of the paragraph, it makes a brief mention of a drug called jenkem.  Which is basically the fumes from fermenting human sewage.  Hence it’s alternate name of butt hash.  You can read more about it here.  Wow!  There’s so much to be said.  But to keep this post from turning into a Michener novel, let me focus on one thing.  The legalization of drugs.

I’ve always been a proponent of legalizing drugs in America.  I’ve never used any recreational drugs stronger than alcohol many years ago, & I won’t.  For me, they’re morally wrong & cause physiological damage.  Some of which is horrific.  But I feel equally strong about forcing your opinion & beliefs on others.  And considering the present drug situation in the US which results in ruined lives, violence, & an unwinnable drug war that siphons millions of dollars away from causes which can be helped, I believe that the legalization & control of recreational drugs would have great positive effects & be a help to the country.  So what does that have to do with jenkem?  It just furthers my belief in legalization.  Because it adds to the benefits I’ve previously thought of (safer production, cleaner & cheaper drugs, tax income, decreased violence, etc.) positive rural economic impact.  ‘How?’ you might ask.  By taking advantage of natural resources found in many rural areas.  For you metropolitan dwellers reading this, I’m referring to lagoons, catch pools, sewer ponds.  You could even turn your septic system into an income producer.  Struggling farmers could supplement their income by putting the natural outcome of good food to profitable use.  The costs to begin production seem to be relatively low, so the up front investment would be minimal for such a high return.  And just like bottled water, you could have artesian butt hash.  With descriptions like ‘Its smooth taste comes from the dry air of the New Mexico desert.’, ‘Fresh from the Ozark hills.’, or ’As pure as the Idaho mountains.’  Of course we’d have to guard against Japanese interests buying up land to produce their own high quality jenkem, but since the supply is linked to the raw materials, we should be able to avoid that.   

As you can see, it’s all pluses hear & no minuses.  So what are you waiting for?  It’s good for America.  Let’s reclaim the lost glory & return to greatness.  Join me people.  Join me in promoting ‘Butt Hash, For America!’

Tags: butt hash, drugs, jenkem, rural economics