Reefer Madness

Through a strange twist of fate I recently found myself in the middle of a large gardening industry trade show where I, to my utter amazement, came face to face with the reality of one of our nation’s largest illegal cash crops: Cannabis, or as it is more commonly known, marijuana. While not previously interested in this subject, the time I spent at this event challenged the few opinions I did have about it and forced me to do some serious thinking, so that in the end, I came to the inescapable conclusion that it should be legalized.

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