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Ex-Cops Get Baked in Support of Marijuana Legalization

Don’t knock it ‘til you try it.

Doug Patterson
By Doug PattersonApr 28, 2015
Doug Patterson
Doug is a writer and producer from Ohio. After taking films to Sundance and SXSW as an associate producer, he helped develop and produce Amazon's "Transparent." He joined GOOD in 2015 to write and produce content.
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As our country moves more and more towards the legalization of marijuana, detractors ought to consider a “don’t knock it til you try it” approach. Although they’re almost certainly not trying it for the first time, these three ex-police officers were brought together by Cut to well, hang out, get blazed and give each other sobriety tests. They each take the test before and after smoking, and one of the former officers actually performs better in a marijuana-induced state of coordinated clarity. The big takeaway though seems to be that the retired officers genuinely seem to have a good time getting high and sharing stories that support the decriminalization of the super chill, misunderstood drug.

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