2017 was an epic year for cannabis with the evolution and legalization of marijuana. Cannabis has come a long way in society; from ancient Chinese use, through the ‘dark ages’ of marijuana criminalization to where it is now; Our future looks bright as states continue to legalize both medicinal and recreational marijuana and entire countries begin moving in the same direction. You know people’s perception of weed had changed when the color of the year is greenery, the fastest growing industry is marijuana and the major networks are producing a sleuth of shows with a marijuana theme! 2017 welcomed in a new age of being a Stoner.
LEGALIZED IN 2017
- New Mexico Recreational
- Kentucky Medicinal
- New Jersey Recreational
- Virginia Medicinal
- Rhode Island Recreational
- Delaware Recreational
2017 COLOR OF THE YEAR
Greenery 15-0343
By: Pantone Color Institute
“Greenery bursts forth in 2017 to provide us with the reassurance we yearn for amid a tumultuous social and political environment. Satisfying our growing desire to rejuvenate and revitalize, Greenery symbolizes the reconnection we seek with nature, one another, and a larger purpose,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, in a statement.
WEEDIQUETTE ON VICELAND
Krishna Andavolu, courtesy of Vice Media, explored these heady times in 2017 by meeting the people whose lives hang in the balance of our new pot paradigm.
HIGH MAINTENANCE ON HBO
Created and written in 2017 by the married duo, Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, High Maintenance follows a Brooklyn pot dealer as he delivers to clients with neuroses as diverse as the city. Ben Sinclair stars as “The Guy,” an everyman pot dealer who makes cameo appearances in the lives of various New Yorker City residents, providing them with weed and getting a glimpse at their daily routines and how they light things up. The show is produced by Katja Blichfeld, Russell Gregory, and Ben Sinclair. Courtesy of Time Warner.
BUDS ON NBC
Written by writer-comedian Mande, Buds revolves around the day-to-day operations of a marijuana dispensary in Denver, Colorado. Courtesy of NBC Universal.
DISJOINTED ON NETFLIX
Netflix made a 20-episode straight-to-series order in 2017 for Disjointed, acquiring the pot-themed workplace comedy starring Kathy Bates from Warner Bros TV. CBS mainstay Chuck Lorre and former Daily Show head writer David Javerbaum are writing and executive producing the multi-camera series in which the American Horror Story veteran plays a lifelong advocate for legalization who’s finally living
her dream as the owner of an L.A.-area cannabis dispensary.
In the series, Oscar and Emmy winner Bates’ character is joined by three budtenders, her twentysomething son, and a deeply troubled security guard. And everyone is more or less constantly high. Courtesy of Time Warner.
BUDDING PROSPECTS On Amazon
Based on the TC Boyle novel, the comedy is set in the 1980s and follows three brothers who move from San Francisco to the country to grow marijuana. Their expectations of the experience being a back-to-the-land, nurturing adventure in a beautiful rustic setting run up against the harsh truth upon their arrival at “The Summer Camp” – a miserably run-down shanty out in the middle of nowhere, where they are bedeviled by rats, snakes, mosquitoes, and harsh, unfriendly growing conditions, noisy neighbors, dangerous locals, and menacing law enforcement. Courtesy of Amazon.com, Inc.
DOOBIOUS SOURCES
A pair of weed-loving, free lance video journalists find themselves targeted by a mark they slandered in one of their exposes. Courtesy of The Marijuana Smoker’s Association.
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