Artist Jed Dunkerly’s illustrations of the second Higher Education lecture, which was all about infinity. JED DUNKERLY
Among the benefits of legalizing weed—less arrests, more tax revenue, less drug money in the hands of gangs, etc.—is a less tangible but equally welcome improvement: Weed is becoming kind of classy. Stonerdom is no longer exclusively associated with Bob Marley T-shirts, ridiculous bongs, and general scuzziness. Yes, there are still half-naked people covered with psychedelic body paint at Hempfest, but there are also cannabusiness entrepreneurs scrolling through sales spreadsheets on their iPads.
Now there is an even more striking example of this cultural shift: the Goodship Academy of Higher Education lecture series, put on monthly by the Goodship, a manufacturer of elegant edibles founded by Cupcake Royale owner Jody Hall…