Steve Chapman on Not-So-Scary Marijuana

Columnist Maureen
Dowd of The New York Times recently showed the dangers
awaiting middle-aged scribes who sample Colorado’s newest local
specialties. She had a scary paranoid reaction after scarfing a
cannabis-infused candy bar in her Denver hotel room. But maybe Dowd
is doing it wrong. A marijuana dispensary security guard dressed in
shorts and a T-shirt told Steve Chapman he likes working there. “I
worked in a psych ward before, and this is a lot easier,” he said.
Ever have trouble with customers? “The only problem we have here is
people coming in drunk.”

Got that?, asks Chapman. At the cannabis dispensary, the people
you have to watch out for are the drinkers.

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