Music: Willie Nelson & Family – “Peaceful Solution”

For today’s musical break we feature the Redheaded Stranger, longtime NORML supporter Willie Nelson, along with his family, on a tune called “Peaceful Solution”.  Willie’s still going strong at over 75 years old and the man walks the walk – his bus the Honeysuckle Rose runs on biodiesel and the people inside it run on fine cannabis sativa.

I thought it fitting to end the week that began with the death of George Carlin with a song about finding peaceful solutions to problems rather than declaring war.  Carlin spoke out against our American propensity to declare war on anything we disagree with – war on poverty, war on drugs, war on illiteracy, war on crime, etc. (but not a war on homelessness, there’s no money in that!)

If America could just make peace with drugs, especially marijuana, we would all live in a better place.  In America of 1900, there were no drug laws and about 1.3% of the population had serious drug addictions.  In America of 2000, we have draconian drug laws and about 1.3% of our population have serious drug addictions.  It’s time to come up with a different way to deal with the issue of drugs.

Download Willie Nelson & Family – “Peaceful Solution” (mp3)