Parents who smoke pot
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Illustrations: Gillian Wilson
?This class would be way more fun if we were all high.? That?s how one of the moms in Amy Goldstein?s* mommy-and-me music class broke the ice. ?I barely knew this woman,? says the Toronto mom of a nine-month-old girl. Yet she wasn?t shocked by the pot talk. A self-described ?super stoner? in her younger years, Goldstein still uses marijuana occasionally after her baby is sound asleep. ?Most of our good friends smoke, and quite a few of them have kids,? she says. ?It?s definitely a normal activity among parents.?
Marijuana culture has long been the territory of munchie-seeking stoner-dude stereotypes like Cheech and Chong or Seth Rogen. But increasingly, pot users are looking more like Goldstein?professional, family-oriented moms who like to get high every now and then. ?I?m a high-strung, anxious person, and like most new moms, I can worry about whether I?m making the right choices for my kid,? she says. ?Marijuana helps me relax at the end of the day.? If you?re scandalized by that admission, consider this: Most of us wouldn?t bat an eye if a friend confessed to downing a glass of Chardonnay (or two) while the kids were around. It?s common to see posts about #wineoclock and ?wine mom? memes on fellow parents? social media feeds. Is using marijuana really so different" Not according to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, who, in 2013, famously said that using cannabis is ?no worse? t...
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