The View from the West Hill: Reefer Madness

 Overheard at the blood bank...

I started smoking when I was 9. My dad left a joint in the ash tray, and I found it and smoked it up. I said, "aww yeeah!" I was feeling good - then I watched Power Rangers. After that, that's what me and my brothers would do. We'd save our lunch money and go on down there, get 3 big blunts. Go home and watch Power Rangers and eat cereal. Everyday.

I'm from Texas, and you get good stuff in Texas. I never smoked any bad shit till I moved to Ohio. My older sister, her baby daddy sells, so I go there, I give him $40, and he'd give me two big handfuls right out of the bag. Put it on a paper towel. Boom boom. Just like that - two big handfuls.

And Mexicans...Mexicans down there, you give 'em $20 and you get a lot. They got garbage bags full of that shit right in the living room. Mexicans, man. Woo hoo.

When we get done here, you wanna go get some? I can make it happen. I know this guy... I don't know him personally, but my dude know him. On the north side. You got $20? I can make it happen tonight.

. . .

At the bus stop...

Long Hair: I'm building a guitar. It's shaped like a marijuana leaf, and at the end of each leaf is a smaller marijuana leaf, so there's one big one and 5 baby leaves.

Me: Interesting...

A friend approaches - Black Guy in a Stocking Cap

Stocking Cap: Hey, whatcha been up to?

Long Hair: Making a guitar. It's shaped like a marijuana leaf, and there's five little baby leaves at the end of each leaf. How about you?

Stocking Cap: Nothing. I been thinking about taking a trip somewhere. I was thinking of Denver. Maybe go to Europe.

Long Hair: You know where you should go? You should go to Holland, man.

Stocking Cap: No, man. You know where I was thinking of going? The Netherlands. Everything's legal there.

Long hair: Uh, Holland and the Netherlands are the same place.
<to me> That's the same thing, right?

Me: Ummm, yeah. Same place. When does the bus come?

Stocking Cap: Really? That's crazy - they got all kinds of different names for it. Holland, The Netherlands. Maybe I'll just go to Amsterdam instead. Everything's legal there, too.

Long Hair: You should come hear my band this weekend.

Stocking Cap: Maybe I will...

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