THE POT ISSUE

Some may wonder why devote an entire issue to pot, why pull resources
from our weekly exposure of Sacramento's baddies, and why run an
entire issue now on a played-out topic that peaked with platform
shoes and fros on white guys? Fair enough. Let's answer each: We are
devoting an entire issue to pot because everyone on staff is stoned. immaculate. As today's News, Opinion, Feature Stories, Scene&Heard
and other sections reveal, the local baddies when it comes to
cannabis are the feds, the schools, the governor, bad musicians and
you--yes, you!--the voters who overwhelmingly passed our
medical-marijuana law but have not demanded teeth be put into it.
This issue did not die out when we tossed that old straw cowboy hat
with the feathered roach clip attached to the band--it's still around
big time, thus The Pot Issue.