from the LP Come Get It!, Motown Records, 1978“…I’m in love with Mary Jane, she’s my main thing; she makes me feel alright, she makes my heart sing…” Can I get an “amen” for the high?!! I sometimes wonder how different things might look around us if it was 80% of the population smoking grass instead of drinking alcohol---I’m no fool, I know better than to presume that the restorative properties in cannabis alone would be enough to loosen up folks’ minds in the radical ways needed to transform macro-cultural structures like stratification and interpersonal violence (there are plenty of racist, sexist, homophobic idiots that smoke weed), but I still think that a society of tokers might ameliorate certain aspects of their surroundings & rituals, and there’s anecdotal evidence to suggest that there’d be a whole lot more creativity and innovation going on. Been switch-hitting with some Blue Dream and some Headband this morning, roughly my favorite strains of late, and I gotta tell ya: my heart is singing people!
