Weeds goes legit.

• Author: Sullum, Jacob
• Position: Briefly Noted - Brief article

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The eighth and final season of Weeds, the Showtime dramedy about a suburban housewife turned pot dealer, anticipates the legalization of marijuana in the near future. When her green-thumbed son Silas hooks up with a tobacco executive who is secretly preparing for the day when his company can sell another dried weed, Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) is repelled by the idea, preferring her vision of cannabis cafes selling MILF, Silas' signature strain.

How realistic is this scenario? Weeds gives short shrift to resistance from Washington, D.C., ignoring the federal government's crackdown on...