The term "stoner" has long been synonymous with high school burnouts, collegiate-level slackers, and a handful of other male "underachiever" stereotypes. Of late, the word has gotten a make-over—a glamming up, if you will—thanks in part to the female cannabis lovers who are leading the marijuana industry's growth and stepping in to reclaim and normalize the once-loaded term. We spoke with seven women, all hailing from different social and professional backgrounds, about what it means to be a stoner, and how they're dispelling the negative connotations of the female smoker. I was a late bloomer. I started smoking at 24, and I'm 30 now.
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This year, the global celebration has been marked in our calendars as a shiny beacon of hope to start the summer off right. Credit: Getty. An avid weed smoker, Wiz Khalifa has always let his love for the green stuff be known. Yes: Snoop Dogg is a fun advocate for the green trees. Nearly 21 years on from his global smash, the now year-old Afroman is still dabbling in music, hoping to contribute more funk and soul music via a new independent label, Cosmic Wire. When the most visible member of Wu-Tang Clan and the wild child of Def Squad came together at the turn of the millennium, it just made sense.
Keep this in mind: even an eventual president couldn't lay lips on the world's favorite semi-prohibited plant without stuttering and failing. So, don't be discouraged by your own chronic shortcomings. In order to help you go from square to Redman , we consulted two full-time marijuana experts -- Michael Armstrong, manager and budtender at famous and legal!
If marijuana isn't legal or at least decriminalized yet where you live, there are other ways to have a good time and mark the occasion. Grab your favorite munchies and tune in to our list of the best stoner movies and you'll laugh and sometimes cry! Up in Smoke , in which Cheech and Chong Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong smoked giant blunts and even inhaled a joint full of a labrador retriever's poop, received mixed reviews at the time of its release, but quickly became a cult classic of the stoner genre. The film chronicles the doobie-fueled duo having run-ins with the law from which they always somehow emerged unscathed.