Pubdate: Thu, 24 Apr 2014
Source: Sacramento News & Review (CA)
Copyright: 2014 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
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Author: Ngaio Bealum

420 TO THE FUTURE

What Will the Marijuana World Look Like in 25 Years?

- -SN&R

Staring into my crystal bong, I see the future spread out gloriously
in front of me.

By 2017, weed should be legal in all of the Western states. I am
including Alaska and Hawaii in the West. Canna-tourism will be
booming, with all kinds of festivals and competitions, and I expect a
farm or two to open its doors to visitors. Maybe guests will even be
able to take part in the harvesting and the trimming (would you call
that a "doob ranch"?).

I also expect most of the East Coast (although maybe not New York for
some reason) to have legal cannabis by 2020. I think Florida will try
to get on the legalization train as well. Once we get the East and
West Coast, we can start to make our way inland. Michigan is almost
ready. Missouri may take a little longer. Illinois is getting there.
Texas will probably be the last state to "go green." Heh.

When it comes to how we will ingest weed, who knows? What's after
dabs? Tabs? They already have cannabis-infused breath strips. I don't
think anything will ever replace a joint, but there could be an even
bigger explosion in art glass and cool smoking devices. There will
probably be more vaporizing and less smoking, though.

And yes, many big corporations will try to get in on the mass
production of cannabis. It will be up to us to make sure that the
mom-and-pop growers don't get cut out of the market. Just think, in 25
years, the hipster kids will smoke "PBR" (Pot's Blue Ribbon)
ironically while us O.G.s and chronissuers will enjoy small-batch,
superspecial strains while we sit in our fancy pot parlors.

I could be completely wrong. I remember when Bill Clinton got elected
president, and we all thought marijuana legalization was right around
the corner. That was almost 25 years ago. Weed is not yet legal all
over the country, but we are definitely getting there.

Here's to 25 more years of smoking weed and writing about
it!

I like to get high and surf the Web. Can you recommend any sites I
might dig?

- -P.C.

If you are looking to learn more about pot, YouTube has some cool
things. Master grower Subcool has a really cool channel, as does my
homegirl Coral Reefer. Oh, and Doug Benson has a show called Getting
Doug With High that comes out on YouTube every Wednesday. I was just
on it, and it is hella fun.

If you are looking for noncannabis things to look at, there's always
www.thisiswhyimbroke.com and searching for exploding-zit videos. Both
of those will entertain you and probably gross you out a little. Have
a good one.
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