Afroman returns with a pro-marijuana legalization version of 'Because I Got High'

Afroman returns with a pro-marijuana legalization version of 'Because I Got High'
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As a show of support for marijuana legalization, Afroman is back with an updated version of his stoner classic "Because I Got High."

The original came out in 2001, and was about the dumb things done while under the influence ("I was gonna go to court before I got high/I was gonna pay my child support but then I got high/They took my whole paycheck and I know why/Cause I got high"), but the 2014 Positive Remix extols the benefits of marijuana for people with glaucoma and anxiety, and even mentions what a state could do with revenue from sales ("They built a school or two because I got high/Now the state can fund drug treatment and I know why").

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.