All Entries in the "Ask An Old Hippie" Category
Ask An Old Hippie: Help! My Teenage Daughter Is Smoking Marijuana!
I’m an upper middle class, mid-thirties father. I’ve smoked a few times but didn’t like it and don’t drink alcohol either. I support legalization and usage of drugs but only if it’s done in an healthy and supportive environment and by individuals that do so in a responsible manner. My 15-year-old daughter is generally an exceptional [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: Why Do You Get Higher After 10 Minutes?
Careful observation of the cannabis medicating process (a.k.a. “smoking pot”, if we must be vulgar) reveals that patients invariably experience a higher level of consciousness approximately ten minutes after their first inhalation, whether they actually smoke more or not. This has to do with the various ways and speeds of substances getting into your bloodstream, [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: Does Weed Shrink Your Balls?
Dear Old Hippie: My parents keep trying to convince me to stop smoking weed. Their latest tactic is to tell me that “weed shrinks your balls”, and they’re using our family doctor as backup. I personally think this is a lot of crap, but I need some more information when my balls are at stake! [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: How Have Words About Marijuana Changed Since The Sixties?
We never heard of “smoking out” or “smoking up” anyone. It was “getting high with”, “turning on”, “smoking grass with”. We called it “grass” among ourselves; “pot” was something parents or news media said. “Turn on”, of course, was part of the phrase that Timothy Leary made famous, and it was instantly used for everything [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: How Has Marijuana Changed Since The Sixties?
[Editor's Note: This week, we begin a new feature called "Ask An Old Hippie", written by our residENT reefer writer and ganja geezer Old Hippie, who first tried cannabis in 1967 and the rest is history. Send your questions in to him at OldHippie@The420Times.com] Nugs? Buds? Never heard of them. All we ever saw was [...]
