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Reefer Dadness: God’s Own Stoner Gives Up The Weed
For many years, I was God’s Own Stoner. Marijuana flat-out cured me of a near-fatal alcoholism when I was thirty, and it became a convenient
Rick Cusick
June 5, 2020
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The Cleaving
I have a small Christmas tradition. I don’t drive and dragging the presents home each year is aways an issue, so I shop throughout the
Rick Cusick
May 27, 2020
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Just a NORML Day – Busted with Keith Stroup, Part 3
Part III: “Rosa Parks” (continued from Part II) Keith and I were like a couple of giddy school boys who just got out of the
Rick Cusick
April 15, 2020
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Just a NORML Day – Busted with Keith Stroup, Part 2
Part II: Breakfast… (continued from Part I) I distinctly remember feeling relaxed and unintimidated as the young cop led us into a large yellow tent
Rick Cusick
April 8, 2020
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The Bishop
I. When I was twenty-four years old I had the great fortune to marry my best friend. If you find that kind of love once
Rick Cusick
April 5, 2020
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Just a NORML Day – Busted Smoking Pot with Keith Stroup
On Saturday morning, September 15, 2007, I left my wife and our 10-year old daughter at the Parker House hotel to help set up the
Rick Cusick
March 29, 2020
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Wise Words From My Pot Dealer: How To Pass A Urine Test
The guy who sells me weed is a very smart dude, and when I told him that I had to take a drug test at
Rick Cusick
February 20, 2020
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Reefer Dadness: “You Don’t See The Crack Babies!”
When my wife and I were going to have a baby each moment was savored. Okay, maybe not the morning sickness and the mood swings,
Rick Cusick
January 14, 2020
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Never… Ever… Forget: 9/11 at High Times Magazine
(The following is an excerpt from my eternal work-in-progress, Reefer Dadness (c). rc) On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was on the commuter train to
Richard Cusick
September 11, 2019
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The Man Who Pissed On The Moon
Shortly after the Apollo 11 astronauts walked on the moon, each one returned to their respective hometown to be hailed as a hero: Neil Armstrong
Richard Cusick
September 2, 2019
