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Marijuana Critic Gets High for a Living

He reviews product for a Colorado newspaper

By Slurge

Posted Jul 28, 2010 2:41 PM CDT | Promoted on Newser Jul 28, 2010 3:36 PM CDT
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(User Submitted) – Using the alias "William Breathes," a Colorado man has an occupation borne from the the legalization of medical marijuana. Remarkably, his job is to get high and write about it. Colorado legalized the medical use of marijuana a decade ago, and it now has approximately 100,000 licensed users. That's a fair-sized demographic, and the Westword Paper in Denver took notice and hired Breathes, a 15-year consumer and writer with a journalism degree, to pen reviews.

With bong in hand, he exhales, tastes the smoke, and writes his description of the high he feels and the effects on his body. Although he feels the buzz he gets is a pleasant side effect, he insists that his main reason for consumption is that "pot helps me." CNN has a video interview with him.

  (AP)
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YetAnotherCollegeKid
Jul 30, 2010 12:24 AM CDT
Love...Colorado. Love everything about this state, but things like this really put the icing on the cake.
passinthru
Jul 29, 2010 11:41 PM CDT
Damn I've been doing this for 15 years and not getting paid for it...in fact, I've actually had to pay instead...Dammit.
Tosh.blow
Jul 29, 2010 3:38 PM CDT
HOLY HELL i wasted my life...
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