NPR Hallucinates Weed Utopia
April 27th, 2009 by Russ
While academics and public policy hounds have debated the potentials of weed legalization for years, the topic seems to finally be in vogue today. Now, only 30 years or so after its initial relevance, the plodding basket-weavers at National Public Radio have decided to air their own speculation on what a prohibition-free US landscape would actually look like.
In its thought experiment, NPR postulated that weed had already been legalized for two years and regulated under the same conditions as alcohol. It asked a panel of experts and luminaries to speculate on what this scenario might look like.
Willie Nelson weighed in with a surprisingly balanced prediction:
We don’t worry about going to jail anymore for smoking it. [...] a lot of our old friends who dealt it are out of work.
Apparently, Willie doesn’t see his dealer friends as good candidates for management in the future’s Big Pharma Uber-Corporate Ganja Conglomerate.
Sarah Bird, an Austin, Texas novelist, imagined her sanctioned weed in a more domestic capacity:
It’s been a godsend for the temperamentally tense such as myself. It’s really been a boon to getting me off my addiction to Ambien and Yellowtail Merlot… It’s low-calorie.. it’s great for the libido, and it’s popular at dinner parties, baked into Belgian chocolate brownies.
On the flip side, Robert Almonte, director of the Texas Narcotic Officer’s Association, had a more cautious view:
We’re seeing a more potent marijuana. And with that we’re seeing… an increase in the emergency room admissions.
And so the debate rages on.
Merry Christmas, Willie & Colbert Style
December 12th, 2008 by AlexRemember that TV special ‘A Colbert Christmas’ that aired on Comedy Central a couple of weeks ago?
Well, for all it’s cheesy-ness and bad Colbert choruses, here’s our send off post for the week.
Merry Christmas. Pot heads.
Big Willie Style
September 18th, 2006 by Alex
Now, when I think of misdemeanor weed possession I think maybe a gram or two, possibly even an eighth or an ounce. Not when Big Willie’s in the house. Inside his tour bus, Louisiana state troopers found 1 1/2 pounds of marijuana. To top it off, there was a healthy two-tenths of a pound of shrooms stashed away too.
Looks like Willie and pals know how to pack for a roadtrip. Count me in.
[via Newsvine]
