There are, however, some cases when smoking human remains could be considered “abuse of a corpse,” which is a criminal offense. Apparently, a person would need to smoke marijuana laced with human remains quite regularly before it would cause any real health issues. Just like any other burnt plant matter, marijuana smoke contains carcinogens that have been known to cause a pesky disease called cancer. We already know that the consumption of marijuana via smoking is not the healthiest thing for humans to do. And, just when it couldn’t possibly get any weirder, just this week, a Wisconsin man was arrested for selling marijuana laced with his mother’s ashes.
We already know that the consumption of marijuana via smoking is not the healthiest thing for humans to do. So throwing in a lump of human ash can’t possibly make it better, right?
New Orleans-based metal band Down said it best: “And when I die, bury me in smoke.” The sentiment behind the words, at least as far as I’m concerned, is that once this life is over, there is no better tribute to all of the good, the bad and utterly rotten that we’ve cast out into the world than if our friends and family roll up our ashes in a fat joint and smoke us straight to the great beyond.
It’s a seemingly insane ethos that’s been a part of the...
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