by Sara McGinnis posted in Parenting

I've lived in Washington nearly all of my life -- it's long been unofficially known as the "Evergreen State" thanks to our abundance of evergreen forests, but in 2012 we became extra-green when recreational marijuana sales were approved by voters. The details are a little complicated, but I'm proud to say that my state and Colorado were among the earliest adopters.
But five years later, things are still a little weird.
When my kids were little (and the laws had not yet changed) I had one mom friend who openly smoked. I've since moved, and now have zero mom friends who openly puff.
Sometimes I struggle to understand why that is. Everyone and their sister-in-law brings a bottle of wine to a social gathering, but I've never seen anyone bring bud, pipe, edible, or vape. It's hard to tell if I've somehow just managed to surround myself with conservative folk, or if there's something we're all still not willing to admit about getting high. Melissa Etheridge, however, has opened up about smoking pot with her children.

The 55-year-old, pictured here with current wife Linda Wallem, recently opened up about her thoughts to Yahoo! for their Weed & the American Family series. Take a look.

Melissa Etheridge smoked pot in her younger years, but grew to appreciate its medicinal purposes when she went through chemo and radiation for breast cancer.
These days though, how much and when it's used by whom is a matter of who's at home. Mel...