NATION OF STONERS
What's to Become of Us? An America of Cheech & Chong? Or of Steve Jobs, Willie Nelson, Bill Gates and Carl Sagan?* -18 states have legalized recreational weed. -38 states have legalized medical cannabis. -17 "overlap" - both recreational and medical So this is one big sociological experiment. Precendents? Perhaps when Prohibition ended, and drinking went from bootleggers back to bars and package stores, it was sort of like this. Perhaps many folks who really wanted to drink a bit were encouraged to have a few pops after years of abstinence. Perhaps that's happening now with weed. What Prohibition lacks as an analogue is that booze didn't sneak up from 90 proof to 120 proof, unless you moved right up to Everclear, and everyone knew what that would do. With Cannabis, the "proof" is rising, and everyone is unclear on what that will do. There are some worrying indications: Recently, there have been concerns surrounding the increased levels of THC f...