Nineteen months ago I kicked this thing off with a post saluting Barney Frank for declaring he’d seek to decriminalize the kindly herb on a federal level. Alas, 2008 brought with it matters of greater moment to the Chair of the House Finance Committee. But here in Massachusetts, we went ahead and did it ourselves, and this year’s Hempfest on Boston Common was an out-and-out-celebration.
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Every time I smoke pot I get so scared I nearly shit my pants. I prefer stimulants or sobriety. My mother’s Bangladeshi doctor told me that opium is very natural and healthy habit to have when one is in their 70′s or 80′s and is dealing with the associated aches and pains of aging. That sounds right to me.