: About Me

Seth Kinnett was born in Muncie, Indiana and educated at DePauw University. His creative non-fiction has appeared in magazines throughout Indiana and his collegiate satire has appeared on fratguyantics.com. He's presently working on a novel.

He lives in Chicago.

Politics, News & Issues > Drug Laws & Prevention The legal battle over marijuana use

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I once held the perspective that I needn't be concerned about marijuana prohibition because I was not interested in using marijuana in the first place. This is as flawed a system of thinking as ignoring global warming because one doesn't like winter anyway. Marijuana rights are critical to the public good for two reasons. First, the issue serves as a representative example of basic civil liberties removed without cause, which citizens have a responsibility to protest. Second, the body of scientific research surrounding cannabis is staggering. Despite the tired politicians' cry that we alwa...

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