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# Waiting to inhale, dude
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/waiting-to-inhale-dude-editor/
- Published: 2007-04-25T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:38:02.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Adam Wayne Los Angeles*

Just read your piece on herb and the 420 global culture that is finally coming out (“It’s 420, the time is ripe,” April 20). It is rare to read articles on cannabis that are factually based and report on current social trends without customary “scare & fear” clichés running throughout. I found your story on cannabis to be informative and interesting with regards to the global push to ease governmental restrictions on what many people consider to be their inalienable right to partake.

Whether or not one agrees with another person’s right to enjoy smoking cannabis, it is clear collectively we are moving towards a more open environment that permits the discussion and investigation on this plant’s value to society in general. I personally think once the movement collects “steam,” the evidence in favor of widespread usage and production of hemp and, in a regulated sense, cannabis will be overwhelmingly supported. It’s a matter of time, but many hardened and reinforced values and preconceptions will have to be gently reasoned to reconsider their stances on this matter.

In any event, nice work and wanted to let you know I appreciated the article.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 25, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)