The “Fuck You” Finale of Weed WarsPosted by Mickey Martin on December 23rd, 2011

The Weed Wars season finale made me sad…..and mad…and upset…and disappointed.

When I realized that Steve Deangelo’s final words to America would be “I do not support the legalization of cannabis for recreational uses” I almost threw a bubbler through my flat screen in disgust. This is the message we are leaving with America? This is your big “risk it all for public education” message? That all people without a doctor’s approval are criminals? Go fuck yourself.

I almost feel sorry for Stevie-D. He has backed himself into such a corner that now he is trumpeting the words of drug warriors in some weak attempt to justify his running the world’s largest weed store on the planet. Nothing is more sad than a man who is so broken down by fear and anxiety that he will sell out his principles in an effort to appease his opposition. It is disgusting and the bottom line is NO ONE IS FALLING FOR IT. The drug warriors, who he hopes his responsible medical only message will reach, could give a shit. And the rest of us who know you, who know you have been recreating with cannabis since your youth, think you are just full of shit…period. It is a lose-lose situation and one that will hang Mr. Deangelo and his wayward family with the jacket of prohibitionist for years to come. What a sorry fucking world a person must live in when they have to convince themselves that everything they have been fighting their entire life of is a lie, and then work to convince the world that his health and wellness game of semantics is somehow the truth. It is bullshit.

What kind of soldier goes to war armed with a word game? See…what Steve is trying to say is that he thinks all use of cannabis is medical, so we do not need to legalize “recreational,” or as I like to call it “adult enjoyable use.” It is such a full of shit premise that it is hard to even grasp. Instead of manning up and admitting that all of the 94,000 patients he serves are NOT in need of medicine, he would rather try and redefine how the entire world understands medicine, and health and wellness. It is such an unbelievable stretch that it is difficult to fathom. Stevie-D would like to convince the entire world that somehow doing 6 ft. bong rips is simply an act of health and wellness, and not an enjoyable use or intoxicant. For some reason this just seems much more difficult than convincing people that cannabis should be free for humans to use as they please because it is safe, enjoyable and helpful.

After watching Stevie fumble-dick around in his closet for twenty minutes trying to find a shirt and tie that match enough to make his outfit perfect, complete with him stopping to “consult the plant” for guidance in this momentous decision, I have decided that the fucking problem is that Steve is just not all there. He plays the role of a smart and responsible CEO, but really, inside he is just a teenage girl looking for approval and willing to do whatever it takes to get that approval…and that is what is so sad. While I thought the “onion goggles” were humorous, it was just so clear that the man behind the myth is nothing more than an ego driven megalomaniac with a strange cult-like David Koresh thing going on.

I believe this show had some very powerful moments. There clearly were some great messages in there about patients and the many benefits that cannabis has on real patient need. There was also a softball team “whacked out on edibles,” two dudes trying to sell bug-infested medicine to patients, dude shop-vaccing his plants, the bad juju mask, the over-indulgence, the eating edibles at work and fucking up orders, the eating edibles and driving, and countless other questionable scenes that make me wonder if the powerful messages were overshadowed by the negative imagery. Only time will tell, I suppose.

What is clear is that the final send off was a big FUCK YOU to each and every person who fights for cannabis freedom for adult use. It was a sorry attempt to pander to an audience who could give a shit and who in turn, now think you are full of shit. This bullshit message is not fooling anyone and Steve and his minions should pull their head out of their asses and grow a sack of nuts. It is one thing to attempt to find fame and fortune off of the backs of the people who make this industry what it is. It is another thing to sell your morals and ethics for a pathetic close-up of your creepy life in an effort to minimize the proverbial hammer coming down on you.

The good news is that for now WEED IS STILL LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA, so smoke up….