6. The Washingtonian reveal
In a February 2, 2012 feature on the cover of
Washingtonian, Alexandra Robbins discusses DC’s illegal pot scene, describing the drug as “already a much bigger part of upper-middle-class life here than you might think.”
“Legal or not, the plant already plays a big role in Washington….The marijuana use cuts across racial and socioeconomic lines.
“This is a town where I could probably kill 200 major careers if I wanted to be a complete prick,” says Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which is headquartered on K Street. “Politicians, members of Congress and the Senate, many of their principals—legislative directors, chiefs of staff, communications directors—people in the private sector, Cato Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Brookings, police, any number of notable journalists from television, print, radio, many brand names most Americans would recognize pretty quickly—I’ve smoked with all of them. There is more smoke in DC closets than there is sex.”
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