Acapulco Gold, Texas Tea, Panama Red, Maui Wowie, Mary Jane, chronic, ganja, pot, weed, grass, kush, herb, joint, blunt, roach, cannabis, reefer, spliff, fatty, jay, doobie, and locoweed, are just some of the euphemisms for marijuana.
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Many local pot shops have a green cross or green type somewhere on their building. This comes from when marijuana was first legal in L.A. for medical purposes only - I guess it's a play on the Red Cross?
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420 Coast to Coast
Venice, Los Angeles
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This year, Easter falls on 4/20 - eggcellent!
Here is my local marijuana dispensary, just down the street, where there's usually a line on this underground holiday. It's a cash-only business because banks will not service Marijuana dispensaries due to the Federal classification of Marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, the same as hard drugs like heroin, cocaine, and LSD. I often see a security guard stationed at pot shops.
Hemp products have a following.
When California introduced medical marijuana legally in 1996 I waited a couple of years before I got a prescription. Like a lot of locals, I was paranoid about putting my name in a database of users. But after a while, I realized that I'm never gonna run for President or head the FBI.
Getting a prescription was a farce. Pay the doctor $100 bucks, pick your ailment, and walk out with legal papers. That song and dance is no longer played.
I've been a contributing citizen to the economy and a creative artist most of my life so all the boogeyman stories of reefer madness don't fly here.
When I was in high school, I primarily used it when listening to music, as it was the 1960's and getting high brought a heightened experience and meaning to the lyrical and sonic content of songs by The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, etc.
And it was just a fun thing to do with friends on the weekend and long summer dazes.
These days, I like a cannabis-infused edible from time to time. They will last a couple of hours, just right for an art show, movie, or musical concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
Check out some of the concerts I've seen there, including a Willie Nelson concert where I've never smelled so much marijuana in my life!
I'm not the Wake-and-Bake type, and I don't blaze up every day and night.
Hemp products have a following.
If you're out of the loop, 420 or April (4th month) and day 20, is an international celebration of all things marijuana. The term "420" supposedly originated in 1971 here in California by a bunch of high school buddies who would meet at 4:20pm to smoke weed. You can read about it here.
Los Angeles marijuana shops are open to anyone 18 years or older with a government-issued ID.
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FYI my medical condition was a pain in the...elbow.
Getting a prescription was a farce. Pay the doctor $100 bucks, pick your ailment, and walk out with legal papers. That song and dance is no longer played.
There are rules when entering an L.A. pot shop, besides showing your ID. First, no phones, although everyone carries one. That means no photography, but of course, that has never stopped me, yet!
I get it, but I had to think twice the first time I saw the sign.
Even man's best friend can be treated with cannabis. Not sure if they must provide a California ID?
Louisiana is entering the Stoned Age since decriminalizing Marijuana in 2021. I visited a Marijuana Dispensary in Baton Rouge, right down the street from a large Medical Center.
The dispensary, Capitol Wellness Solutions, was like entering a bank or a high-end jewelry store with waist-high glass cases displaying all manner of marijuana packaging and paraphernalia. All the goodies are behind a pharmacist's counter. Every age of adult was there, from dyed to gray hair.
It's legal in Louisiana for medical use only...so far. And, this is coming from a State where Magic Mushrooms grow in cow fields and on the Mississippi levee. And buying pot was as easy as calling a "high" school classmate for a fat $10 baggie of "skunk" weed.
And it was just a fun thing to do with friends on the weekend and long summer dazes.
Just watch my Mom's recipe for Tex-Mex Enchiladas to see my high school buddy Marvin and me have a 1960s flashback hanging out and listening to album rock in my bedroom.
These days, I like a cannabis-infused edible from time to time. They will last a couple of hours, just right for an art show, movie, or musical concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
Like alcohol, cannabis has similar laws and penalties for public intoxication and operating machinery/automobiles.
Check out some of the concerts I've seen there, including a Willie Nelson concert where I've never smelled so much marijuana in my life!
I'll leave you with another recipe should you be in need of some munchies while celebrating 420 - that is, not my recipe, but one from my brother from another daddy, the Swamp Chef! Check out a tasty cheesy Cajun Nachos video made with nephew Zak!
Cajun Natchos calls for cooked crawfish tail meat, but it's easy to substitute small shrimp or any favorite protein.
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