What if God Smoked Cannabis?

So, marijuana has been taking baby steps towards being fully legalized for years now. By baby steps, I mean miniscule forward movements…..a millipede lifts up its leg, moves it a fraction of a centimeter, puts it back down. Step completed. That’s all folks!! …But I digress.

On January 28, (which happens to be this Monday), the world’s first marijuana vending machines will be open for business in LA. Located at a nutrition center and a pain relief clinic, the machines are contained in their own separate rooms constantly protected by security guards. The AVM’s (Anytime-Vending-Machines) are open 24/7 and all you need is a doctor’s prescription and a credit card. Sound deceptively simple?....it is. Once they get their prescriptions approved, customers need a specialized credit card loaded with their prescription profile: allowed dosage (up to 1 oz a week), and preferred strain. After a quick police fingerprinting, they can walk away with a vacuum-sealed package full of furry, crystallized THC-laden medical marijuana.



Personally, I’d worry about the quality. It would be just like the government to set up the Mecca of every stoner’s dreams and then stick it to you with schwag dirt weed.

And to make this article relate just a little bit to music, here’s a playlist of songs dedicated to smokin’ the ganja. NOTE: this article is not an endorsement of marijuana or illegal activity in any way. But a culture is a culture, and there’s a huge music scene dedicated entirely to the worshipping of weed and the rituals/traditions involved in smoking it. There are hundreds that I’m not including…this list is quite short for the number of MJ songs out there….feel free to add to the list.