Jacobs: Pot of gold

The New Year is a time for reflection. And since Maryland is going to have a limited legal recreational cannabis market this year, I think back 26 years ago, when California passed Prop 215. I was working as an addictions counselor at the time and remember thinking that legalization would happen in 10 years at most. I know — I was naive. It was the first time I saw major magazines, other than High Times, with medical marijuana on the front covers. Major TV networks dedicated air time with the War on Drugs in full swing. Peter Jennings had a special, “Pot of Gold,” that interviewed growers in the Northwest, Midwest and South. I got to rewatch it recently and do the math since local cannabis prices are readily available online.