At a time when the acceptance of marijuana among the general public is higher than ever, there’s a fear that seeing teenagers wielding blowtorches or blowing themselves up on the evening news might incite a new anti-pot paranoia that could set the legalization movement back decades. [Cannabis critic for Denver’s Westword alt-newspaper, William] Breathes discounts such concerns as mere growing pains in cannabis’ perceptual evolution. People have been smoking hot knives in HIGH TIMES for 40 years, and it’s really the same premise, he says. It’s just a progression, a matter of technology. Maybe people got scared when glass pipes became big or headshops became big. There’s always going to be something to scare the people who want to be scared. Those people are probably turned off by cannabis in the first place and probably aren’t too open-minded.”
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:08:06 +0000