It's 4/20 Y'all!

And if you don't know what that is, I was right there with you until last year.  I learned that 4:20 is understood to be the time for pot smokers to light one up.  That same thought is now applied to April 20th, a day that some set aside for special 'observance'. 

I don't claim to know anything material about this topic but I did read some interesting things from the Office of National Drug Control Policy ...

- The average potency of marijuana has more than doubled since 1998
Are you kidding me?  How is that possible?  I mean, how is that scientifically possible?

- The use of marijuana can produce adverse physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral effects.
Uh.  Hm.  Moving on.

- According to a 2004 Bureau of Justice Statistics survey of state and federal prisoners, approximately 12.7% of state prisoners and 12.4% of federal prisoners were serving time for a marijuana-related offense.
This is absurd.  I'm not saying we should legalize the stuff but with all the stories of violent offenders being let back out in the street because of over-crowding, we're filling the cells with "dudes"?

So I don't know why I thought of this but I suddenly imagined a Charlie Brown Special for April 20th.  Can't you see the kids at the end all yelling, "IT'S 4/20 CHARLIE BROWN!!!"?  Actually, I think that probably has something to do with the whole Great Pumpkin story!