Saturday 21 December 2019

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019

Toronto, Ontario

Drugs N Stuff

They lingered on my mind, the people we met at the airport in Varadero, as Yadu Swami, Prana and I sat waiting at Gate 3.  There were quite a few of them, mostly Canadians, nonchalantly walking toward us, curious as to who we were.  One of them, a guy of forty-six (looking like thirty) couldn't hold back his inquisitiveness.

"So you guys are...?"  

I explained our identity and some of our values— liquor and drugs are taboo for us.

"Oh, I don't do any of those things," he said, which probably explains his youthfulness.  "I had a friend who drowned because he was on drugs at fourteen.  Then another friend, drunk on booze, hit a rock-face.  His car blew up in flames.  Only his hands were left on the steering wheel.  These two instances discouraged me from taking toxics."

I asked him what he does.

"I grow whee..." 

I said I couldn't get the last word. "Wheat?"

"No, weed!"

"Can you explain?"

"I grow marijuana for the government—for medicinal purposes."

Then he got me thinking,  If I ever do one of those big walks again—if I can build up my old knees—perhaps I could walk with a cause like Anti-Booze and Drugs.  It would be a secular approach, of course, in terms of raising awareness.  Anyway, just a thought.

Once I returned back to Toronto, my godbrother, Gaura, sang a meaningful song from ‘Canned Heat’.

May the Source be with you!
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