No More Olympics For Phelps Over... Pot?

So it looks like Micheal Phelps may be in a lot of trouble due to a picture of him smoking a bong. This simply shows the irrationality of governmental bodies when it comes to drugs. Why should something he does in his recreational time prevent him from competing. There is no allegation that he swam baked, but under the rules that has no bearing. Even if he did, does anyone really think it would help him?

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the real reason governments have pushed to use sanctioning bodies to punish illegal recreational drugs is because it disproves their lies about the dangers of these drugs. They want to portray these substances as being ruinous to health and success, and when athletes show that not to be the case, it undermines the propaganda. Remember, this is an organization that profits from two of the most lethal drugs there are, tobacco and alcohol.

There will likely be an outcry that Phelps is a horrible role model. This is hypocritical. How many athletes drink openly? Which kills more people by itself? As far as I know, no one has ever smoked themselves to death with marijuana, but plenty of people have died of alcohol poisoning.

Or will this be an example of real change brought about by Mr. Obama? Remember, he openly admits having smoked marijuana many times. He even promised to try to decriminalize it before he got too mainstream.

The old lie that marijuana will ruin your motivation is dead. What, if you smoke you mind end up only being President? Only winning 14 gold medals? Only starting in the NFL like Ricky Williams and dozens more?

It's time for the lies and hypocrisy to end. Banning performance enhancing drugs is one thing. But drawing capricious and arbitrary lines regarding recreation is ridiculous.