It’s the holiday season, and for many of us, that means spending time with family. And I don’t mean the family you choose—I mean the family that might hit you up for a spare organ at some point because you are a genetic match. Those people. Yeah.
Time spent with difficult family members can make it a challenge for me to fully embrace the sentiment of the season, i.e., goodwill towards my fellow man/womxn/they/them. That goes double for those I disagree with on certain issues, which as of late is getting reeeeeeeeally hard. Hard like Wolverine’s claws—which, for the sake of certain family members and their seasonal-edition holly-crested MAGA hats, it is lucky I do not possess. Serenity now.
And even though the majority of Americans favor the legalization of cannabis, it’s not unanimous, and thus most of us share a bloodline with a prohibitionist who will cluelessly yell about how legalizing all this goddamn dope will unleash multiple post-apocalyptic end-of-days scenarios, involving gay cannabis plants molesting unborn children.
And while it may be tempting to retreat into a second glass of wine (don’t be stingy with the pour) or respond with an Oscar Wilde-style bon mot (“fuck you, cousin Carl”) there is a better way.
So, when the topic comes up, here are a few humble suggestions in making your case for cannabis with your prohibitionist family members.
