One night, Jackie woke up past her bedtime.
She smelled something funny in the air, so she walked down the hall to her parent's bedroom
FROM "IT'S A PLANT"
“What’s that, Mommy?” asked Jackie. “Are you and Daddy smoking a cigarette?”
“No, baby,” said her mother. “This is a joint. It’s made of marijuana.”
“Mar-a-whahh?” asked Jackie, sleepily.
“Marijuana,” smiled her dad, “is a plant.”
“What kind of plant?”
“Well...” said her mom, “how about we go on a bicycle ride tomorrow, and I will tell you all about it. Okay?”
“Okay,” said Jackie.
Farmer Bob walked Jackie and her mom through his garden, stopping to point out the different plants.
He grew many! There were avocados, with ruddy skins like an alligator. They also saw a cactus, figs, pumpkins and even mint growing by a strawberry patch. Mmm!
Finally he reached a pot with a sweet, skunky smell.
“This,” said Bob, “is a marijuana plant.”
“This plant lives all around the world,” he said.
“It can grow very, very tall with long green leaves. Or, it can be short, fuzzy and purple! Marijuana has been cultivated for thousands of years just like fruits, beans and grains.”
“Is marijuana a fruit?” asked Jackie.
“You could say it is,” said Bob. “It grows flowers to make its seeds. I pick the seeds to make food and oils. Then I clip the flowers and dry them.”
“What do you do with the flowers?” asked Jackie.
“My friends eat them,” said Bob, “and smoke ‘em.”
“They smoke flowers?!”
“Yep. Doctors, teachers, artists, actors, even mayors and presidents. Marijuana makes some people feel happy. Other people say it’s ‘dreamy.’”
“Why do you use it, Farmer Bob?” asked Jackie.
“I don’t,” he said. “It just puts me to sleep!”
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