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Locals share their thoughts on pot Compiled with photos by Jeri Chadwell
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t’s been almost two years since Nevada dispensaries opened their doors to recreational cannabis users. In the first year, sales smoked expectations with a total of $69,759,783 in wholesale and retail taxes collected from purchasers. And it looks like this year’s sales will produce even more revenue and tax dollars. With five months of data left to compile, the state of Nevada Department of Taxation already reports a total of $55,990,991 collected in taxes during the 2019 fiscal year. The numbers indicate one thing for certain; Nevadans of all different kinds are consuming cannabis. It also seems the stigma associated with marijuana is lessening. During a recent private event called the High Sierra Smokeout, attendees packed into Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor, 71 S. Wells Ave., to listen to music and get high in the venue’s large concert hall. The event drew adults of all ages. From favorite strains to biggest stereotypes about smokers, we asked some of them to share their thoughts on pot with us.
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Do you have a favorite local dispensary? I do. I like RISE.
Where’s your favorite place to hang out while on cannabis?
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Do you have a favorite local dispensary? I do have a favorite local dispensary. It’s Silver State Relief. They get really involved in the community. There have been so many shows we’ve done with [my band] Mojo [Green], and they’re there. They’re part of it. … It’s really nice how they place themselves in our community.
What’s your favorite place to hang out while on cannabis? The movies. I’m feeling all deep. I’m trying to be in the moment.
Do you prefer indica, sativa or hybrid? The way my body is set up, things that are uppers take me to different places than things that are technically downers will. So I like indicas, because it’s the opposite for me, and it makes me feel more up—even though it’s not, like, “the one” for that.
Tell us about the first time you got high. OK. So I started out smoking Black & Milds. And blunts kind of look like that, so it just sort of happened. Then I was like, “Oh, OK, I’m high.” And it was mostly just like that, not amazing, but it just happened.
What’s your favorite way to consume? Just a simple joint. I can do a blunt—but joints get me to the right place. … It’s just like if you’re drinking something, you know, you want to be balanced. You don’t need to over do it. You get to that point where you don’t have to get fucked up. Smoking a joint does that for me.
What’s your favorite music to listen to when you’re high? I like Bone Thugz[-n-Harmony].
What’s the best thing you’ve cooked while high? I feel like everything I cook is good. … For the most part, when I’m in the moment, I’m really cooking—and I’m cooking good, because I’ve got to eat it. When I’m high, it’s like it adds that bit of Emeril Lagassé to my cooking—like, bam, uh oh! I’ll start throwing in different condiments and spices, get a little daring. As long as I’m not cooking while I’m high and hungry— because then it gets weird.
The celebrity with whom you’d most like to partake? I don’t know if there’s anyone else I’d like to get high with, but I’ve already been able to smoke with Snoop Dogg. … I’d just gotten into the LEX, just got in the club. The security guard pointed me out and said, “You come up here.” I met Snoop, and I was asking dumb questions like, “How do you feel about having to ask for straws now when you get a drink.” He’s like, “I don’t drink as much.” I was like, “That’s crazy, because you’re not sippin’ on gin and juice. You’re just laid back. Either way you’re fucking amazing.” And then he lit a blunt. He rolled a blunt, and it was like he was snapping almost. He put it in one hand, put all the stuff in there, and then, basically, in one snap, it was a blunt. It was magical.
I like Jub Jub’s, actually. Or, you know, down by the river is cool, too. The River District is awesome.
Tell us about the first time you got high. I was 15, I think. We actually smoked it out of computer paper. We ripped up a piece of computer paper and rolled it up. It was pretty crazy.
What’s your favorite way to consume? Just a joint.
What’s your favorite music to listen to when you’re high? Stoner doom metal.
What’s your favorite movie or thing to watch when you’re stoned? I like conspiracy documentaries.
What’s the best thing you’ve cooked while high? I’ve got to think here. I’ve cooked all sorts of things. My favorite edibles right now are raspberry shortbread cookies. They’ve got about 100 milligrams in them.
The celebrity with whom you’d most like to partake? Tommy Chong.
What’s the most inaccurate stereotype about pot or pot smokers? Laziness. It depends on the person, though, right? Some people it really does make lazy. Some people, it doesn’t affect them.
What’s the most inaccurate stereotype about pot or pot smokers? I don’t know if there’s one most inaccurate stereotype. I feel like people will try to identify smokers as people who are not motivated, people who won’t go out there and do their best. But there are so many people. The people who are running businesses—who are selling it—they obviously smoke it, and somehow they’ve been able to create a lucrative business.
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