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The Halloween Hit: Maybe Michael Myers Smoked Between Murders I

t’s Halloween again, and while most people are out carving pumpkins, watching horror movies, or raiding their kids’ candy stash, I found myself thinking about something a little different. What if Michael Myers smoked weed between kills?

I grew up in the 80s, when Halloween wasn’t just a holiday, it was an event, and Michael Myers was the nightmare fuel that lasted all year. That mask, slow walk, creepy music, and eerie calm used to scare me to death and honestly, those nightmares stuck with me well into my 30s. But now, as an adult who’s smoked a few joints and lived a few lives, I can’t help but look at him a little differently.

The man’s got the patience of a saint and the pace of someone who’s deeply chill. He doesn’t run. He doesn’t talk.

He doesn’t panic. He just appears, does his thing, and fades back into the night like someone who’s way too calm to be fueled by pure rage alone. Maybe that eerie composure isn’t supernatural at all. Maybe it’s cannabis!

I like to imagine him behind an old shed somewhere in Haddonfield, mask off for just a minute, rolling something strong and thinking, “People just don’t get me.” Maybe his silence isn’t from trauma or madness, maybe he’s just high enough to be thinking ten steps ahead while everyone else is losing it.

In a strange way, there’s something very cannabisindustry about Michael Myers. He keeps coming back, year after year, no matter what obstacles or regulations get thrown in his path. The system tries to kill him, but he adapts.

The rules change, but he still finds his way to the market. He’s resilient, consistent, and unapologetically himself.

That kind of energy feels familiar to me.

Independent media in this space works the same way. I’ve been told no more times than I can count. Rejected from conferences, ignored, shadow-banned, censored, dismissed but I keep showing up. The FNM team keeps telling the stories that matter. We keep pushing culture forward, even when the system doesn’t make it easy.

So this Halloween, as I light one up and watch that classic white mask appear through the fog again, I’ll probably laugh instead of hide. Because maybe Michael wasn’t just a monster. Maybe he was just misunderstood, a little high, and doing his best to stay calm in a world that never really let him fit in.

And that’s what makes him the Killer-Stoner Of The Year.

Stay independent. Stay lit.

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Pg. 32: CannaHumans: Marc Rodriguez

Pg. 10: Market Report - Hoodie Analytics

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Pg. 38: Susurros del Corazón: A Love Letter to Mexico’s Hidden Paradise

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Pg. 12: Duke & The Neon Soup

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Pg. 44: Hemp for the Future – Retrospectively Looking Forward

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Pg. 22: The Hotbox With Nohtal Partansky Pg. 50: The Plug Society

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