A Marijuana Culture

About 36 minutes into the video is a report on Garberville, California. I used to live in a small town near there called Briceland. This was in the late 60s well before Garberville became known as a center for marijuana growing. My favorite recollection is a party at some people’s house (near Whitethorn as I recollect) where there was an electric violinist. I had a lot of fun jamming with him. I played a Marine Band harmonica. The interplay of the sounds of the violin and harmonica harmonics was just amazing. I’m surprised that no band features that combination of instruments.
BTW near the end of the video a DEA agent says that given the increases from year to year and over the decades of marijuana cultivation that they are losing the war on pot. There are more gardens than they can deal with. Supply and demand. Works every time. In fact things have gotten so bad that we are importing Mexican gangsters to make up for the shortage of American gangsters. Supply and demand. Works every time. Evidently the Mexicans are willing to do work that Americans are not interested in. You know, there was a time (Alcohol Prohibition) when we didn’t have to import gangsters. You have to wonder what has gone wrong with the American work ethic.
Cross Posted at Power and Control


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  1. ex-pothead Avatar

    Pot is a gateway drug. Smoking it does 4 times more harm to the body than smoking cigarettes. Other aide effects include: most potheads have bad health habits ie: they overeat while high and under-excercise, hence they suffer ailments associated with that. Potheads eventually also have psychological issues from prolonged usage.