“My two-year expedition into the marijuana world left me more suspicious of government authority and more hopeful about the common sense of most Americans. It made me a more open, tolerant and forgiving person. I believe the continued expansion of cannabis legalization will do the same for others across the nation.”
” There are times in life when you are forced to stop pretending that your own psyche defines normality and examine clearly the weirder ridges and runnels that form the topography of your mind. That evening I realized that I had absorbed four decades of social messages and official teachings about marijuana. Nearly every word, phrase and photo had been pitched with the intent of making me fear the substance.”