This post is in response to a question put by the Ent xlamplighter in my /r/trees AMA, to wit: “Over your many years of smoking, can you describe the prevailing attitudes and culture surrounding cannabis and how you think they’ve changed over the decades? Also, lingo and phrases you might have heard over the years [...]
Marijuana: Exhibit A
Possibly the best 5 seconds from Woodstock, starring Jerry Garcia.
Guest Editorial: On Willie Nelson (by dawyd1)
(Old Hippie notes: dawyd1 made this commENT in response to this posting about Willie Nelson’s latest pot bust, and I was so impressed with how he said it that I am using it here, with his permission of course) Let me get this right? Willie Nelson an american Icon has been smoking marijuana for at [...]
Thanksgiving At Old Hippie’s House
My wife loves to host the ENTire family — or as much as we have within driving distance — on Thanksgiving. To her it’s a special time for love and sharing of food and stories and happiness and all that kind of good stuff. So anyway, my sister and her husband, and my oldest son [...]
President Obama, Call the DEA Off Medical Marijuana
Barack Obama ran and won based on his appeal to the youth vote, hope, and change. He not only admitted to smoking marijuana, he proudly admitted it. And after he was elected, he announced that the DEA would be using common sense and compassion, and would no longer be raiding medical marijuana facilities. Patients and [...]
How To Make A Banana Spliff
My awesome son, the one who keeps coming up with great drink and food combinations, has really outdone himself this time. The combination of his recipe, and my punnish title for it, is only exceeded by the amazingness of the taste and texture of the actual food. So: first you cook yourself a chapati, which [...]
Government Hypocrisy and Marijuana
It’s all about the money. Every time. The most cynical thing is that Reagan claimed marijuana was the most dangerous drug in America…and wasn’t it the CIA that was trafficking crack and powder cocaine by the ton while he was President? Government anti-drug propaganda has made fools out of a large number of Americans, prisoners [...]