On Vanity Fair's 10 Rules for Smoking Weed

(Illustration by Heather Pieske/Vanity Fair)

The Vanity Fair article in question begins by insulting High Times and The Cannabist, then precedes to make numerous mistakes in its guide to getting high.

Here's my critique:

1. Choose saliva over indica: This is an arguable point. To each his or her own.

2. The weed should be strong: True.

3. Forget those silly glass pipes: This is an old-school point of view that makes little sense.

4. Avoid filters because they remove THC: False.

5. Forget bongs: Ridiculous.

6. Don't use grinders: Some people have been advocating against them lately, but they are a necessary convenience. Just try not to lose all the trichomes.

7. Chose your smoking companions well: That's a given.

8. Overdosing is impossible: True.

9. Portable vaporizers are easier to operate than desktop models: Not necessarily. 

10. Eat marijuana with caution: Doh.

In his lead, Micah Nathan says High Times "suffers from a giggle-and-cough vibe" and The Cannabist "assumes too credulous a readership." Whatever, dude.

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom

Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times and Freedom Leaf and co-author of Pot Culture and Reefer Movie Madness.