Bill Hicks died on February 26th 1994, at the age of just 32. He will be ten years dead at the end of this month, I often wonder what his thinking would be on the current political situation in the world – but if you want to learn more about him you can try BillHicks.com or Sacredcow.com. Or my own Bill Hicks stuff here. Salon have a good piece here too.
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Cannabis a boon to economy
Cannabis smokers just want to stay on the sofa and snack, spending hours engrossed in home entertainment. Red Bull and smoothies, ‘Munchie’ snacks such as Mars bars and Haribo jellies. Pizza chains. Video stores. Games consoles. Multichannel TV. And what scares them… Shiny, noisy places with too many choices such as Starbucks and McDonald’s High-alcohol drinks and strong lagers such as Stella Artois Pubs with bouncers on the door: Businesses alerted to huge profits as study shows dope users have money to burn.
It is estimated that Britain’s ‘cannabis economy’ is worth £5 billion a year in sales alone. I never had thought about cannabis in this way – or as this 24 year old male put it:
‘I’ve started taking much more interest in the Discovery Channel. Cannabis really gets you thinking deeply about things.’
But you don’t need it to think deeply – apparently it just helps. 🙂 See here for Bill Hicks‘ take on why cannabis is illegal at all.