Melissa Etheridge Says Cannabis Users Should 'Come Out' To Spur Legalisation
"I think that people need to come out as cannabis users," she said. "They need to explain, 'Hey, I don't do this to get high and drop out of society, I do this because I don't want to take Prozac and I don't want to take this pain reliever or this sleeping aid that's going to addict me and become harmful — I'm going to take this plant that is healthy for me.'
"And when people see other people who are normal and like them choosing this path it normalises it, and that's what going to bring about the change — when the fear comes out of it. I saw it happen with the gay rights movement, and I believe that's what will happen with the cannabis movement."
"I think it’s the generation that is ready for this," she continued, "and because of mass communication and the internet and how we can access this information not just from one source any more — we can really look this up for ourselves and communicate with each other — it’s taken a whole lot of the fear out of it."
