I hit the WEED, and hope to GOD I can FLY HIGH...

We burn it up freely in the Ghetto. We burn it up behind closed doors in the Suburbs. We set fire to it in automobiles with the windows rolled up tight. When we're at home, we ignite it, and then listen to our ecclectic mixes of Bob Marley, Beethoveen, Tupac, Enya, Miles Davis, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. We burn it in EZ Widers (Double-Wide), Dutch Masters [Washington, D.C.], Zig-Zags, Swisher Sweets [Texas], Psychodelic Glass pipes (w/the White Boyz), and Bongs (Economical Smokers). However it's smoked, we take instruction from Goodie M.O.B., and "put some fire on the azz end of that weed."

And though the American government has criminalized and regulated its use since 1937, for the last 73 years Americans have found ways to smoke Herb and find relaxation, spaces for meditation, recreation, and rejuvenation. As the RastaMan says, "It is the healing of the Nation." ...especially a Nation frought with as many problems as ours.

Though Men (and Women) have used it for ages, the brilliant mindz behind ghettoGEEKS made acquaintance with the Ganja approximatedly 12 years ago in College Station, Texas. As undergraduate students, with sincere philosophical interests about the world, we decided to see what the "hype was about." No risk--No reward. ;)

Pulling smoke from the chamber of the chalice, and recovering from thorough coughing fits, we lean back on the couch and enjoy a new appreciation for the music. Hearing "new" instruments hidden in the beats...sounds never heard before...Junior Gong continues to lay his vocals over them with relaxed precision..."Me Name Jr. Gong....Me tellin' ya...Young girls betta' run...Me tellin' ya." "Why is THIS illegal?" Don't quite remember what my HomeBoi's answer was...but, I know we had a good laugh about it.

I began to wonder what else in this world seemed to make no sense at all. One could say that the Marijuana was an organic catalyst for these Organic Intellectuals. The practice to critique society became more relevant and more valuable. The oxymoronic had never been further from "moronic." Alas, ghettoGEEKS....

So, the US government has decided to loosen restrictions on the use of Marijuana as states like California, Washington, and New Jersey begin to exercise Medicinal Marijuana laws. For the record, I'll just say, that I'm skeptical WHEN and IF the Government decides to LEGALIZE it. I just don't trust Phillip Morris...they might start putting RAT POISION in the Weed, too! TruWord. And, of course, money will be re-routed from "Mom & Pop" business into the hands of the Corporate Cronies that run present-day tobacco companies.

Not only would Legalization take money from the "people who've paid the biggest price" (through incarceration, and the like); Legalization would also take the "sexy" away, don't you think?

Scenario: You lose your contact(s) for whatever reason. You have to find a new "WeedMan." You flip through your cell phone. Who would know how to get some?....Who would know how to get some?....Not her...Not her...Not his ass...Definitely not her...SHE probably DOES...but you can't ask her, based on your relationship...HE definitely does...but you don't like his trifling ass.

**OK, you hit the street.** Who looks like they know?...Who looks like they know?...Not him...Not him...He looks he knows where the CRACK is...and he most likely knows where the Weed is, but getting ripped off by a CrackHead is not in today's agenda. Ah-hah! There he is. He knows. Gotta check the bag before it's copped...we don't smoke that DirtWeed...nothin' but the StickyGreen. *Be Cool.* *Check the scene for Police.* *Be Cool.* "Say, you got that, Dogg.?" Cool. "Is it that Fiya? Can't fuck with that BullShit." "Aight. Yeah, looks good....okay smells right." *Check the scene for Police.* "Let me get your number, Dogg...if it's good--be in touch."

Now, who wants to do without that dance?.....unless, you go to the University of Colorado (see below):



So, while the State [read: government] decides what stance to take in their overall hypocritical position regarding the "Kaya," we'll continue to practice our norms, traditions, beliefs and values. ...and yes, one of the cultural components of ghettoGEEKS is to produce large clouds of smoke and ponder upon things of more significance. Still Smokin'....

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