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Remember the movie Super Size Me with Morgan Spurlock? Well, me neither. No matter – there’s a new movie out that will likely take it’s place. It’s called Super High Me, and it stars comedian Doug Benson.

According to the website:

Super High Me [...] explores the current situation with medical marijuana in California and the United States, specifically focusing on the conflict between federal and state law and the explosive growth in medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles over the past two years.

As part of his journey, Doug smokes, eats and vaporizes medical marijuana for thirty consecutive days in order to get “Super High.” But there is a catch–first Doug must go thirty days without any marijuana and undertakes a number of tests, completing the same tests while medicated and while sober, in an effort to find out what marijuana does and how it really affects people.

The movie was released on April 11th, but is only out in select theaters on the West Coast. The DVD won’t come out until June, but if you’ve got some free space, you’re in luck! There will be free screenings of the film held all over the country (most on April 20th) – You can even host your own!

Unfortunately the closest screening to me is about an hour away and I definitely don’t have any free space to hold my own, so I’ll have to wait until June to see it. If you’re lucky enough to live close to a screening, I can’t urge you enough to check it out. I’m really psyched about it.

I’m not usually one to write about celebrity gossip, but I have to make an exception this time. I’ve been searching for the right article to ease my way into writing about marijuana, and I think I’ve finally found just that:

A new strand of Medical Marijuana recently started being marketed under the name “Tom Cruise Purple.” The vials of marijuana are being sold with a picture of Cruise laughing hysterically, but he doesn’t find anything funny about it.

As a Scientologist, Cruise doesn’t believe in drug use. According to an article in the NY Daily News, “the actor’s lawyers are taking a serious look at the strong brand of bud after we brought it to their attention.”

Several California clinics were questioned about the strain, and though most refused to discuss the details of their inventory, there was one who stated “it’s the kind of pot that makes you hallucinate.”

I think this is both awesome and hilarious. I’ve smoked a lot of pot in my day, but none has ever made me hallucinate. I think Tom Cruise should chill out and be happy that such an honor? has been bestowed upon him. Maybe sparking up a bowl of his namesake would do him some good!