Soweto Days

Marijuana is the most widely-used psychoactive substance in the WORLD!!! Rastafarians and  Stoners and Hippies use it. Weed is the Lifeline Of The World. Its aroma flavors the markets of Mumbai and the townships of JOZI. Taxi drivers keep a joint or two in the top pocket of their work-shirts for use after lunch breaks are over. Snoop Doog smokes all-day every day, just like Seth Roger who is perhaps America’s favorite stoner after Snoop & Willie Nelson. And the Japanese tourists snap themselves smoking fat pure-weed joints in Amsterdam Coffeeshops. George Clooney, Brad Pitt & Chris Brown (even Rihanna) all have their photos prominently displayed at prominent Amsterdam Coffeeshops. Wiz Khalifa has made millions off his brand of weed: Wiz KUSH. Indian Sadhus mix buds and leaves in their wooden pipes and teenagers hide their ‘one-hit’wooden pipes inside zip-lock bags to hide the scent.

  “Can we kill the conversation, and maybe move right along to the nitty-gritty details?” asked the next ‘big man’ to appear on the scene. But the fine print had already been written on the wall and the eyes and ears were on high-alert for any new break in the case. The Journalist/Manager stood up to the podium and delivered a really soaring graduation speech to the local Harvard-affiliated & Duke-affiliated university. The press, the reporters, the paparazzi, the choppers, with “roving eyes” in the noonday sun, the smartphones snapping selfies and sharing on the net. It’s quite outstanding. And the newly-graduated students thought deeply about the Professah’s words as they wandered out into the Jozi night air and celebrated the dawn of their new life. Car-hooters tooted and celebratory songs were played on the amps and speakers. Jimmy Choos, Christian Le Boutins & Prada’s clicked brightly on all the spotlight stages. Armani suits, Carmella’s & Salvatore Ferragamo suits...