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Great Moments in Weed History

A 1972 Study Had 20 Young Women Smoke Weed for 98 Days In Total Isolation

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8659 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This story is pretty wild, extremely weedy, and most people have never heard of it before—including our guest, the esteemed weed journalist Mary Jane Gibson. So we're not about to give away any spoilers in the show notes. Just light one, get lit, and listen up! PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible  EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 100+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday.

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody.

0:03.0

Hi, everybody!

0:04.0

It's Bean.

0:25.2

Welcome to an all-new great moments in weed history. The story I'm about to unfurl is pretty wild, extremely weedy, and it's one that most people have never heard of, including my guest, this weed, my longtime cannabis colleague and close friend,

0:42.2

Mary Jane Gibson. Right off the top, yes, that's her real name. I've seen her driver's license

0:49.1

people. No more conspiracy theories. And yes, of course, she gets asked that all the time. She's named Mary Jane, and she writes about cannabis for Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Vox, among other fine publications.

1:06.9

Complex Magazine called her, quote, one of the 15 most powerful women in the weed industry.

1:14.1

I mostly just call her MJ, and we go way, way back to when we used to work together at High Times.

1:22.3

Say it with me back when it was cool.

1:25.9

Quick side note, High Times is currently bankrupt,

1:29.1

or is that bankrupt?

1:32.2

And all of the company's assets are up for auction.

1:35.8

So if you've got a few million bucks laying around

1:37.8

and want to own and revive an essential piece

1:40.7

of weed history and authentic media,

1:43.4

please drop me a line. Info at great

1:46.1

moments in weed history.com. Obviously been shit-talking the current scummy, hedge-fundy version of

1:55.0

high times for a few years. And while I'm not necessarily celebrating the downfall of that particular regime, I am hoping

2:04.0

that maybe somebody cool will come along by the old gal and bring her back to glory. If you're

2:12.6

light a few million dollars to buy those distressed assets, but you are curious about the outlaw

2:19.3

roots of this once esteemed publication. Please scroll way back in the great moments in weed

2:25.6

history archives to find our two-part episode about legendary High Times founder Tom Fassad.

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