4/20 cherry finally burns out

It may be 4/20 once more, but that isn’t marijuana you smell in the air.

Maybe it’s more like apathy.

MHCC student Sebastian Precup isn’t reaching for a bong this high holiday, but rather his Bible. “I’m going to church… I won’t be doing anything crazy, just getting high on the Lord,” he said.

Arrests will be at an all-time low this 4/20. While the date would usually be an excuse for most people to embrace their inner stoner, it seems students at MHCC have better things in mind, or are too busy covering their own ass, if a recent sampling of comments is any clue.

MHCC students Riley Fast, Cyril Klein, and Katie Buddeau all said that they have no plans for 4/20.

Other students said they had no idea that marijuana legislation has even been passed. MHCC softball team shortstop Megan Marcy wasn’t aware that marijuana use was even legal in Oregon, when questioned about any 4/20 plans.

Marcy laughingly said, “No, I don’t. I don’t recognize it.”

Jesse Delgado also did not know that marijuana was legalized. “I just say no to drugs,” he answered.

Mother would be so proud.

Since recreational marijuana was legalized this last June, cannabis has been becoming more and more popular in the Portland metro area. The NW Compassion Medical Center was re-purposed into a recreational/medical dispensary in 2015, after weed was initially legalized. Budlandia, a dispensary located on the outskirts of Portland and Gresham, was erected, as well.

“As much as I like smoking herb, I don’t get why it has its own day? For me, everyday is 4/20,” said one Oregon grower, who wished to remain anonymous. In the words of Nate Dogg and reiterated by the grower … “Hey, hey, hey, hey,

…smoke weed every day.”