What The Hell Were You Thinking

Episode 286: One Toke Over the State Line, Sweet Jesus This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he has any friends who live in New Jersey only to discover he doesn’t have FRIENDS that live in New York. (He is a sad, sad man)  On the show this week we talk about the BIG news from the election, New Jersey has legalized weed! (Everybody meet up at the Bada Bong!) Along the way we discuss the history of da kine bud in America, from Washington’s Sweet Brown Downtown to Roosevelt’s Rough and Red, the sweetest chiba in all of Hyde Park.  From there we take a walk down Racism Lane as we learn why the Federal government hates weed!  (Hint: It is because it hate’s minorities!)  We trace the evolution of drug laws from Anslinger to Nixon to Reagan.  (“Just Say No” made us say YES PLEASE!)  Finally, we learn how the tides turned toward legalization.  (Was it Wall Street?  Yes, yes it was!) Our Sponsor this week is Fast Eddies House of Herb where “sticky, hairy and stinky” doesn’t just apply to the dancers!  We