One of the recurring myths (lies) embraced by ignorant and politically hostile is the thing about “estrogen” in cannabis turning male users gay or even female. This time around it was Canadian dipstick Vince Stone, putative president of a club he started called the Marijuana Education Society of British Columbia.
Speaking at a forum on human resources in 1980 he claimed that pot smoking turned males into homosexuals, and also made them poor drivers. In this piece I imagined what that would look like.
Published High Times Magazine #57, May 1980
I’ve always been intrigued by the almost random nature of choosing which drugs are socially acceptable and even celebrated, and which drugs are criminally sanctioned, their fans subject to fines, confiscation and imprisonment. Even now.
Published High Times Magazine #62, October 1980
