It's Just A Plant
April 25, 2006 3:32 PM   Subscribe

It's Just A Plant “Farmer Bob?” she called out. “Hi there,” said the farmer, coming out from behind a corn patch. “Nice costumes!” “I came to teach my daughter about marijuana,” said Jackie’s mom. “You’ve come to the right place,” answered Bob. “I’ve got some growing right now. Let’s go look.”
posted by vronsky (38 comments total)

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*cough*.
posted by Asparagirl at 3:34 PM on April 25, 2006


In before someone quotes SCIENCE!
posted by Optimus Chyme at 3:37 PM on April 25, 2006


I sort of remember the first time this was on MetaFilter, but then I had already forgotten it again, so rock on vronsky this bowl is for you...
posted by Meatbomb at 3:39 PM on April 25, 2006


they mix dope up and they sell it, just so they can make money.
posted by wakko at 3:45 PM on April 25, 2006


Best part: “Mar-a-whahh?” asked Jackie, sleepily.
posted by billysumday at 3:45 PM on April 25, 2006




Quite trippy that mom and daughter dress up as Sgt. Pepper before they go on their, ah, trip.

Doesn't seem too PC to have the all-black group of marijuana smokers - where's the diversity?

And when was the last time a cop wanted to enter into a discussion on the history of drug law, in the middle of a bust? Personally, given the cops stance on ganja, I think she just doesn't like black people.

I'm waiting for the sequel, "It's Just a Few Years", when Jackie accidentally rats out her folks to the narcs at school.
posted by Meatbomb at 3:49 PM on April 25, 2006


cop's
posted by Meatbomb at 3:51 PM on April 25, 2006


pot makes me throw up.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 4:01 PM on April 25, 2006


"Let you go with just a warning"??? Riiiiightttttt.
posted by sourwookie at 4:02 PM on April 25, 2006


“Or a newspaper writer... or a judge... or a gardener... or a...”


Call centre operative.
posted by verisimilitude at 4:11 PM on April 25, 2006


I threw up in a pot once.
posted by jenovus at 4:19 PM on April 25, 2006


hey I searched... damn short term memory!
posted by vronsky at 4:21 PM on April 25, 2006


Let me use this thread as a place to update the ramblings of another marijuana thread - SMOKING MARIJUANA DOES NOT CAUSE LUNG CANCER: here's the abstract of that study.
posted by daksya at 4:43 PM on April 25, 2006


Regardless of the viewpoint, children's books that try to indoctrinate are just plain creepy.
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:45 PM on April 25, 2006


I want that carpet in my bedroom.
posted by carsonb at 4:48 PM on April 25, 2006


Oh, and smoking pot in front of your kids is the best way to make sure they never smoke it. Worked for me, at least.
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:48 PM on April 25, 2006


i'm not sure if its indoctrinating as much as remediating the garbage coming from DARE or the partnership for a drug free america. Their "education" programs have done more harm, with a recent study showing that it actually increased drug use among suburban participants. The book mentions that its only for grown-ups and that its not for everyone, so im not sure where youre finding the creepiness.
posted by Kifer85 at 4:49 PM on April 25, 2006


Regardless of the viewpoint, children's books that try to indoctrinate are just plain creepy.

What, you mean like books that teach children about evolution and stuff?

Personally, I've always found that people who object to giving kids factual information, claiming that it's some kind of 'indoctrination' are plain creepy.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:53 PM on April 25, 2006


Dr. Eden had a very colorful office.
That's one hell of an understatement.
posted by trondant at 5:00 PM on April 25, 2006




damn hippies.
posted by subaruwrx at 5:51 PM on April 25, 2006


I'm looking forward to "It's just a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family" and "It's just the sap of a kind of poppy".

I mean, I'm not opposed to legalization of marijuana or anything, but the whole "it's natural, so it must be good" thing is hippie bullshit and needs to stop. Some of the most potent poisons known to man are 100% natural and can be derived from organically grown, free range, humanely treated botulism cultures.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 5:52 PM on April 25, 2006


datura is just a plant (:-X)
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 6:30 PM on April 25, 2006


The linked previous thread seems to suggest only the cover and four pages of the book were there when this was posted. Since it seems you can read the whole book now, or a lot more of it, this isn't really a double I think. I really like the slightly eery perfect 80s educational illustrations and layout. Not bad at all.

Follow-up to this book,"It's just a cop"!
posted by Peter H at 6:52 PM on April 25, 2006


crack: it's just a processed plant
posted by quonsar at 7:45 PM on April 25, 2006


cyanide: it's 100% all-natural!
posted by quonsar at 7:45 PM on April 25, 2006


I'm waiting for the sequel, "It's Just a Few Years", when Jackie accidentally rats out her folks to the narcs at school.

Bong water just sprayed out of my nose...
posted by strawberryviagra at 8:04 PM on April 25, 2006


It was Halloween, and they didn't go trick-or-treating? Bummer.
posted by Marla Singer at 8:05 PM on April 25, 2006


Tryptophan-5ht: sure, and as long as you just smell the flowers (they release mildly euphoria-producing stuff in the late afternoon) instead of smoking/eating the seeds it won't hurt ya. We've got a baby one on our windowsill right now...
posted by runehog at 9:08 PM on April 25, 2006


Datura.........snippy and trippy.
posted by lalochezia at 9:26 PM on April 25, 2006


I liked the story but it wasn't as enthralling as Everybody Poops!
posted by fenriq at 10:27 PM on April 25, 2006


The sequel was better, fenriq.
posted by brundlefly at 11:43 PM on April 25, 2006


Bong water just sprayed out of my nose...


What the hell was it going in your mouth?! Blech.
posted by quite unimportant at 1:30 AM on April 26, 2006


doing
posted by quite unimportant at 1:31 AM on April 26, 2006


This illustration scares me:



posted by mecran01 at 5:47 AM on April 26, 2006


Puff puff, give. Puff puff give. You're fuckin' up the rotation.
posted by ninjew at 7:42 AM on April 26, 2006


Her dad is Prince!
posted by Jawn at 7:48 AM on April 26, 2006


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