Cannabis

...but in the 70's and early 80's, a large percentage of professional truck drivers used cannabis on a daily basis. You could pull into any major truck stop across the country and use your CB radio to take part in the market. The rational was that if you were going to spend weeks on the road, truck stop parking lots and grocery warehouses for a small amount of money, you had a right to 'feel good' which was an euphemism for feeling normal. Cannabis worked in that regard.

But you had to be good to avoid suspicion. You had to, first of all, be a seasoned truck driver. That was common in the 70's. And then, you had to be a seasoned pot smoker. That too, was common in the 70's. No accidents allowed. No stupid parking lot collisions and no weaving on the highway. Other truck drivers would call you out immediately. Everybody tried harder which you all know is a direct effect of cannabis.



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