To celebrate 4/20, below are 5 reasons to go “Cali Sober” in 2020
Editor’s note: article written and published in Canada where the consumption of Marijuana is legal
From the next best workout, to energy healing, organic food, and Goop-lead retreats — the California New Age Hippie has long been a perpetrator of the health trends that have swept over the Western world. “California sober”, the newest “thing” hailing from the West Coast, refers to people who don’t drink but do smoke weed.
To celebrate 4/20, Tasteful Chronicles investigated more on the matter, to find out what makes “Cali Sober” a health trend, and give you 5 reasons to go Cali Sober in 2020.
1- YOU’LL BE HEALTHIER
It’s a health trend because being “Cali Sober” means you’re not drinking any alcohol. Marijuana and alcohol have long been portrayed as similar vices with a variety of risks and a few benefits. But research shows that smoking marijuana is actually a lot less harmful than alcohol. More than 30,700 Americans died from alcohol-induced causes in 2014. There have been zero documented deaths from marijuana use alone. As well, A 16-year study of more than 65,000 Americans, published in the American Journal of Public Health, found that healthy marijuana users were not more likely to die earlier than healthy people who did not use cannabis.
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2- NO HANGOVERS
Remember that time you woke up feeling like absolute crap? Your head was pounding, your mouth was as dry as the Nevada desert, and you didn’t dare look at your phone, fearing that you might have drunk texted your ex a picture of his new girlfriend with a text that said: “her?? really??”. And so you buried your face in a mountain of chocolate chip pancakes, from your local dinner , hoping that the sugar high would distract you from remembering all the embarrassing things you did and said the night before? Well, that won’t happen once you go Cali Sober. In fact, you’ll be that friend at brunch who can call out, with great satisfaction, all the embarrassing things that the non-Cali-sober-people did the night before.
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3- WEED HAS NO CALORIES
Don’t be fooled by Carrie Bradshaw’s miniature frame — the average cosmopolitan has about 150 calories. Meaning that after only a couple of rounds, you drank the equivalent of the Magnolia’s Bakery ‘s Banana pudding and let us assure you that no amount of alcohol can compare to having the munchies on Magnolia’s famous Banana Pudding.
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4- YOU’LL SAVE MONEY
Let’s just put it that way: one week’s worth of weed amounts to about one Vodka & Soda at the Bowery Hotel.
Grounded Starter Kit, $30, Sackville & Co
5- CALI SOBER IS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Michelle Lhooq, a VICE columnist who wrote about the topic couldn’t have said it better: “Being Cali sober allows me to keep my feet in both subcultures, while its parameters make it easier not to cave to temptation. I am able to take from these experiences what I’m looking for—mind-expansion, self-exploration, empathetic connection, sensorial amplification—without the addiction and selfishness, and other types of ugliness that I associate with many non-psychedelic drugs.”
Glass Strawberry Pipe, $115, Flower by Edie Parker