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Reefer Redux: Why Pot Is Hot

Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 22 June 1993

"Let me tell you about the first time I got high. It was 1966, and I was a young reporter... There, sitting on the floor, were Creedence Clearwater Revival and Big Brother and the Holding Company. A huge spliff was passed around… 'We shouldn't be doing interviews,' I shouted. 'We should be friends.'"

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