Pondering pot: Oakland museum marijuana exhibit delves into the debatable bud
This has to be the first time Wayne, Garth, Cheech, Chong, Craig and Smokey have shared a museum wall.
Yes, the Oakland Museum of California has gone to pot, devoting its entire Great Hall gallery to an exhaustive, high-profile exhibition titled, "Altered State: Marijuana in California," which opens Saturday.
But far more than pot pop culture, the exhibit weeds through every imaginable aspect of the complex issue -- from medical claims and the "War on Drugs" of the '80s, to recreational use, conflicting laws, economics, environmental concerns, sacred uses of the plant and, yes, even stoner movies like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
"This is a topic people tend to take very polarizing stances on -- and often very personal stances -- without really knowing the full story," OMCA's director Lori Fogarty said last week during final touches on the installation, where a live pot plant stands as the centerpiece,...
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