Stone the crows! Want to bend your brain and become schitzophrenic ?The Victorian government chose ‘Stoner’s Day’ to plant its first medical cannabis seedsStaff writers news.com.au 38 minutes agoToday is a good day to be a stoner.
“Stay high, stoners. Have a baked day.”
“Happy 420 day stoners.”
“What a beautiful day to get high”.
“Smoke up to all stoners. Today is our day.”
Those comments and thousands more like them are being plastered across social media today, April 20, for a very good reason.
Known around the world as International Stoner’s Day or simply 420 Day, the day is an excuse for stoners — as if they need one — to roll a joint or rip a bong and get themselves especially high.
It’s not something news.com.au expressly condones, of course, nor would it ordinarily be particularly newsworthy. That was until the Victorian Government decided that today, of all days, was the perfect time to plant some weed of its own.
A mistake? A tribute to the marijuana-loving public? A perfectly-executed troll? You can decide.
Victoria became the first Australian state to legalise medical cannabis, following in the footsteps of 23 US states as well as Canada and several forward-thinking European nations.
A cultivation trial is underway and the first seeds have this week been planted at a secret location in Victoria.
The drugs are likely to be used to treat seriously ill children beginning in 2017. Premier Daniel Andrews said he was proud to be making history.
“We promised families that their children would be able to access this life-changing treatment as early as next year, and we’re getting it done,’’ he said.
“Never again will families have to make the heartbreaking choice between watching their children suffer and breaking the law.”
The trial is expected to cost $28.5 million. That’s a lot of drugs.
Online, the announcement is being celebrated. It’s a good day to be a stoner.
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