Dating back to its early 20^th century prohibition, the various cultures that formed around cannabis were, out of necessity, underground, countercultural movements. From the reefer madness, freaked out hippies and beatniks characterizations to the unmotivated, slothful, slovenly, and absent-minded stereotypes of more recent times, there has always been a public image that didn’t necessarily mesh with the reality of every single person choosing to partake.

While this is to be expected from the “anti” side, who require nothing more than a convenient straw man, the “pro” side isn’t totally immune to this phenomenon either. Even as public attitudes and governmental regulations adopt a more enlightened, tolerate stance, many of cannabis culture’s accouterments retain the lowbrow aesthetic of 1960s counterculture.