The Glorious Grab-Ass Gonzo Ganja Gala on Election Day

For full-out gonzo, you needed a fistful of acid and a few gallons of ether but that was a long time ago and the ganja got one whole hell of a lot stronger in the interim.  Also in the interim America decided marijuana is socially acceptable, possibly due to more exposure to things which are a whole lot more unacceptable (i.e. just about anything).

The result of that shift will be told this Election Day since California and multiple other states may turn it for legalization of recreational marijuana use and, as they say in the article, the Prohibition will be effectively over.  (Bloomberg: Marijuana Vote in California May Herald End of Prohibition Era)

Note:  there was no gratuitous use of ipso facto even when it would have been marginally appropriate and this is because stoners have more discretion than online debaters.

Ed:  but you can be just as smug!

Yes, glorious, isn't it.


U.S. voters next month in five states, including bellwether California, are poised to expand the legal use of recreational marijuana to almost a quarter of the American population, a move that could prove to be one of the most consequential shifts in U.S drug policy since the 1930s.

Passage in California, where polls show it has wide support, would make pot legal along the entire West Coast and give momentum to efforts to lift the ban nationwide.  The state, the most populous in the U.S. with 39 million residents, was the first to allow medical marijuana two decades ago. In all, nine states will consider marijuana-related ballot measures on Nov. 8, which could more than double the $7 billion market for pot products by 2020.

- Bloomberg

America is actually taking the lead on this and Amsterdam has a wild reputation but it's much more staid than it seems in terms of sordid marijuana trafficking and it's been kind of mixed-up of late as The Netherlands has sought to reduce the flow of reefer tourists.  To a large extent, the drive in America is because people are tired of hearing about it in any legal context since, regardless of your perception of cops, they surely have more important things to do.

Ganja scofflaws have developed a protocol over the years so it doesn't make much difference to us if it's legal.  We know to limit exposure time to cops so we never go anywhere with significant poundage in reefer.  Usually it goes find, obtain, return to base and holding to that means you probably won't get busted unless cops want you for something else.

It may be that ganja scofflaws don't care is exactly why it's being legalized now.  People who don't smoke the ganja may have realized the absurdity when the DEA's estimable efforts over decades have done nothing at all to affect us, the ganja scofflaws, so what's the point of the illegality when people pay even less attention to it than the 55 mph speed limit.

Besides, you're thinking maybe a little taste with the missus might not be too bad after it's legal.  Don't be smoking it like you did in 1965 or your ass will be on Mars faster than NASA or Elon Musk.

The current ganja is a marvel of mystical mayhem as even the non-stoners may have heard of the legendary One Hit Shit and the modern ganja really delivers that.   Take one tok and you're already launched.  Take a couple more toks for orbital stability if you like but you will be flying around the Earth for some while.  The ganja in 1965 never came close to this.

The ganja I have here now is unbelievable as the bowl on the pipe holds a tiny amount but that will blow me to Mars every time.  Unlike many other drugs, it doesn't take more when you use it over time.  I never smoke much of it but I get a splendid launch every time.

There's one thing you and the missus don't want from your newly-legal adventure and that's vacuous conversation such as this:

The Missus:  what's it doing to you?

You:  I don't know.  What's it doing to you?

The Missus:  I don't know but it's really weird.

You:  I know.

No chance you want that so Uncle Silas the Long-Time Stoner suggests the movies where you won't have any need for conversation, you can find all the crap stoners are said to eat but really don't plus you can pay a lot for it, and you've got huge-screen 3D entertainment with sound which can shake your chair.  With the new or the old ganja, that will suit your buzz just fine.

Yah, and take a taxi with the missus.  It's seriously bad juju to bring attention to our clandestine community and particularly by doing dumb ass shit like driving.

It will probably never be legal in Texas because, well, the mid-country governors are, well, pricks.  The ganja has gone to the coasts and to the mountains and eventually the cowboys will realize Willie Nelson was right all along but it won't be on Election Day.  Even so, I'm sure they will be watching.

Finally there's actually a reason to watch what will probably be the closest thing to live media political porno we will ever see.  It won't turn on even Robinson Crusoe but they sure will be trying.

Now it will offer the Glorious Grab-Ass Gonzo Ganja Gala and that's not to be missed.