I was eating a vege taco last when out of boredom I picked up a Westword magazine to see what awesome upcoming concerts I would not be attending soon.  As I worked my way to the back of the magazine, I was surprised to see all flavors of ads for Medical Marijuana.  

While I voted in favor of Medical Marijuana, these ads really didn’t seem particularly directed at cancer or HIV patients.  In fact, the ads really seemed clearly geared at your average 20 something young adult.  One of the ads made it sound like you could show up, get diagnosed and be up grooving down the road with up to 2 ounces of potent herb within just a couple of days.  It seems like just in the last couple of weeks this industry has mushroomed (sic) and I now see these ads in magazines, TV commercials and on radio spots. 

Apparently if you have trouble sleeping at night that will be sufficient for Doctor Feelgood (nod to Motley Crue) to write you up a prescription for some tasty buds.  I still stand behind using Medical Marijuana to provide relief for people with glaucoma, cancer, chronic pain, and other serious conditions, but these ads have an overt “wink, wink” element to them that tells me they are marketing to the much larger client base of regular folks on a hunt for some legal “chronic.”   After all, businesses exist to service and/or create new customers, right?

From what I can tell, they are selling super strong weed that is a powerful drug.  This aint the Mexican giggle weed of the 1970’s.   I am concerned that this cheap potent smoke will find its way to kids that will end up going from half baked to fully baked as quick as you can say, “Pass the bong.”  As if young adults don’t have enough challenges with the recession, by all means lets give them inexpensive  mind blowing weed that saps away their motivation to do anything beyond making a Taco Bell run.

What are your thoughts on this scintillating issue.   Sorry, I couldn’t resist all the dope puns.