It's no secret: marijuana has been the "Talk of the Town" for the better part of a century. And with the recent explosion of legal pot dispensaries in California, cannabis is as much a juicy part of the national discourse as it ever was. Oddly enough, the New Yorker has been there to comment on marijuana culture from the start. Googling around today, we noticed that the magazine has a search tag for "marijuana," with articles dating back at least to the thirties.
Among the highlights from the New Yorker's marijuana coverage througout history:
* David Samuels reports on the current state of the pot industry in California -- expounding on how the product is grow, distributed, and sold. There's even a podcast where Samuels talks about the sources he interviewed and the California locations he visitied to assemble the story.
LINK [The California Dream (includes podcast)]
* Old, old school reporter Meyer Berger delivers a 1938 sketch about "Tea" For a Viper: a visit to a hashish den
in Harlem. Says Berger: "There are hundreds of these joints or tea pads, in Harlem.
Some of them are very elegant. Hashish smokers dislike strong light,
and all tea pads use blue lights..." Ha!
LINK: [Tea For a Viper]
* David France writes a cleverly titled Tallk of the Town piece called The Grass Menagerie regarding "Johann Moore, who runs the New York Medical
Marijuana Buyers' Club. Every Tuesday night, from five-thirty to
six-thirty, in the basement of a lower-Manhattan bar, members of the
New York Medical Marijuana Buyers' Club gather to purchase pot for
medical needs..." Even in 1996 the medical marijuana community was keeping it strong in NYC!
LINK [The Grass Menagerie]
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