Nge-Julayi, ilizwe lase-Oregon liza kuyibeka ngokusemthethweni intsangu. (Ifoto: David McNew / Getty Izithombe)
Umphunga wam wentsangu uhlawulisiwe kwaye ulungele ukuya ehlobo laseOregon elizayo, ixesha eligqithisiweyo lomqondiso. Kuba ukufika kukaJulayi kokumiselwa ngokusemthethweni kwembiza yaseburhulumenteni kuza kusemthethweni. Ukuba semthethweni kwembiza ngeli xesha lokuza akufikanga ngegqabi lomkhiwane elibizwa ngokuba ngumya. Naw, mfondini. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali malunga nendlela yam ngoku iya kufumaneka ukuthengwa, ukuphatha, kunye neendlela zokusebenzisa ukuzonwabisa, amayeza, ubungcali okanye nantoni na… a.k. ngendlela ebendiyenza ngayo
amashumi eminyaka.
Ngaba banako ngokwenene ukumba uhambo lwethu? Ndiyathetha, i-toke yam yokuqala yafika ngo-1978. Ndaye ndaphakama kuyo yonke i-reance-free Reagan Era. |
Ngoku, i-purists iya kukuxelela ukuba ukuxulutywa ngamatye amashumi eminyaka sisipho ngokwaso. Kum, nangona kunjalo, kuvakala kuphosakele ukuhamba ngaphaya kwefestile yomzuzu ngaphandle kokuvuma umthwalo we-cannabis. Isoyikiso sokwenziwa ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye neziphumo zokujongwa phantsi kwezentlalo ziye zathintela ukubhuza kwenqwaba yeendlela.
Ngaba abaguqukayo abangasekhoyo bayazi ukuba kwakunjani ukucalulwa? Ndiyathetha, ngaba banokwazi nje ngokubukela oko baxulutywa ngamatye?
Ngaba banako ngokwenene ukumba uhambo lwethu? Ndiyathetha, i-toke yam yokuqala yafika ngo-1978. Ndaye ndaphakama kuyo yonke i-reance-free Reagan Era. Ulibale malunga nomatshini wokuthengisa imbiza waseWashington, iminyaka yam yokuqala yokutshaya ukhula yeza ngelixa i-hunk enkulu yaseMelika ilinganisa ukhula ne-rock ye-rock kwaye nayiphi na ivolumu yokusebenzisa ikulinganise no-Cheech no-Chong.
Xa ndandisekholejini, umbono weevenkile zikaMary Jane wawuza kudlala ngathi ubetha igalari. Bekungekho lula ukufika kwindawo yokungabacaphuki abo basandul 'ukufika ikamva labo elijongeka lilungile nje… ligudile. Akukho mda kwaphela, kwaye ndilungile kuloo nto.
umfazi wezulu oyeke emoyeni , ebhengeza ukuba uzakuqala ikliniki kwaye enze intengiso kwinkampani yakhe entsha eya kwintsholongwane. Ngokucacileyo, eli qhekeza lalimalunga newbie egutyungelwe ngamathuba embiza; akukho mlungisi womkhosi we-cannabis onokuze enze intshukumo enjalo.
Okanye intatheli ye-CNN owazisa ngokuzingca kuAnderson Cooper ukuba wafumana i-buzz yokunxibelelana ngelixa wayenika ingxelo malunga nokusetyenziswa kwe-cannabis e-Colorado. Ukuzonwabisa, kodwa wayengaphakamanga kakhulu ukuba aqonde ukuba ukwamkelwa kwamenza ukuba athembeke. 
Ngaba ukutshaya imbiza entsha kunokuliqonda elidlulileyo leendlela zokuqala zendlela? (Ifoto: Christopher Furlong / Getty Izithombe)
Ezi fides ziyinyani zibonakala ngathi zikho kuyo yonke indawo. Nditsho ne-stand-by-talk talky yam ezemidlalo eyenza i-arch 420 allusions yinxalenye yophawu lwayo, ngokungathi yayiyi-jock Rihannas okanye ibhokisi yeendaba uSeth Rogens. Ndiyacinga nje ukuba ingakanani i-cachet engafunyanwanga ebinokuba yinkosi kuthi ukuba iNew York ayinayo imithetho enjalo engasebenziyo. Njengoko kucetyisiwe, ndimkhulu njengommeli omkhulu njengaye nawuphi na umntu, kodwa u-Gov. Andrew Cuomo ukuthintela ukuvumela izigulana ukuba zikhanyise ukhula lwabo akunakunyanzeliswa njengoko kunomsindo; Ukuthintela ukulinywa kwasekhaya, nako, kungaphaya kwentloko engeyiyo.
Ndikhumbula ndikohambo lweshishini ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 kunye nomqeshwa wenkampani enkulu yemidiya kunye nomphathi. Ngokucacileyo i-exec yayiyindoda ehambayo, kwaye umqeshwa wafuna ukumchukumisa, ke-nangona wayengazange ayisebenzise i-cannabis ebomini bakhe bonke-i-underling yatshaya yaphela xa i-suit iqhekeza i-stash yakhe. Le yayiyindlela entle yokuhamba kumanqanaba ambalwa njengoko isigqeba sasiya kuba ngumongameli wenkampani yethu kunye ne-cannabis yakhe kakhulu Ekuqaleni.
Igumbi lesikolo esidala yile nto ihlabathi elinokuziva ngayo ngoku, njengokuphela kwe-goodydom kuthengise imigaqo-nkqubo yabo. Imbiza iyabonakala ngakumbi, iyathembeka ngakumbi, nanjengoko iqhubeka ngokwahlula amagumbi. Kwaye i-cognoscenti ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba bakwicala lasekunene lembali, kuzo zonke izizathu ezingalunganga.
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