{"id":331,"date":"2012-04-07T21:58:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T02:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/?p=331"},"modified":"2014-01-13T18:54:21","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T23:54:21","slug":"lyrics-up-in-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2012\/04\/07\/lyrics-up-in-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics up in smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2012\/04\/Snoop-Dogg-Marijuana.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-334\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2012\/04\/Snoop-Dogg-Marijuana-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2012\/04\/Snoop-Dogg-Marijuana-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2012\/04\/Snoop-Dogg-Marijuana.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snoop is at it <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/04\/07\/snoop-dogg-rolling-words-to-release-smokable-songbook-book-rolling-paper_n_1410150.html?ref=entertainment&amp;ir=Entertainment\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">again<\/span><\/a><\/span>. \u00a0This time, he is advertising a new book of lyrics to some of his most famous songs. \u00a0Another <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthologyofrap.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Anthology of Rap<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>? \u00a0Not quite. \u00a0What distinguishes this book is that it is printed on removable rolling papers, and the outside of the binding has a striking surface perfect for matches. You&#8217;ve got to give Snoop credit for tenacity and consistency&#8211;he has long supported the legalization of marijuana, to the point that he recently expressed support for libertarian Ron Paul for President because of Paul&#8217;s pro-legalization stance. \u00a0Now he&#8217;s found a new way to combine his love of pot with his love of rap&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I think most rational people, regardless of political perspective, see at least some wisdom in legalizing marijuana, which is why I predict we will see significant progress on this issue over the next decade. \u00a0Until that happens, however, it will be interesting to see how people like Snoop continue to push the boundaries, even when that means <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/snoop-dogg-arrested-for-weed-20120109\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">getting arrested<\/span><\/a><\/span>, as he did in Texas earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snoop is at it again. \u00a0This time, he is advertising a new book of lyrics to some of his most famous songs. \u00a0Another Anthology of Rap? \u00a0Not quite. \u00a0What distinguishes this book is that it is printed on removable rolling papers, and the outside of the binding has a striking surface perfect for matches. You&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2012\/04\/07\/lyrics-up-in-smoke\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lyrics up in smoke<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}