Daily Links for Friday, 4/20/12

1) Straight out of the TV hit "Weeds," a window into the hidden use of marijuana among Washington's elite, and an indication of just how quickly our society's views toward the drug are evolving:

“This is a town where I could probably kill 200 major careers if I wanted to be a complete prick,” says Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which is headquartered on K Street. “Politicians, members of Congress and the Senate, many of their principals—legislative directors, chiefs of staff, communications directors—people in the private sector, Cato Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Brookings, police, any number of notable journalists from television, print, radio, many brand names most Americans would recognize pretty quickly—I’ve smoked with all of them. There is more smoke in DC closets than there is sex.”

You won't want to miss this article, which follows an actual suburban mother who drives around selling pot-infused "baked" (see what I did there) goods to the DC intelligentsia. I told you it was straight out of Weeds! It's also got a clever title... ["High Society: Washington's Love Affair With Marijuana," The Washingtonian, published 2/2/12]

2) Speaking of suburban moms, the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne reminds us that the real difference between stay-at-home and working mothers is economic, not cultural ["Mommy Struggles, Not Mommy Wars," The Washington Post, 4/19/12]

3) Speaking of marijuana, here's one more reason to legalize it ["The Growing Eco-Movement to Build Houses out of Hemp," GOOD Magazine, 4/19/12]

4) Dr. Dre paid to create a hologram of Tupac for the Coachella Music Festival last week, and it may now go on tour ["Rapper's De-Light: Tupac Hologram May Go On Tour," The Wall Street Journal, 4/16/12]

5) All that and all we had to do to stop Iran was deny them marine insurance? ["Iran Oil May be Strangled by Lack of Insurance," CNBC, 4/17/12]

Raise your hand if you're excited for 5:00! Enjoy the Friday holiday, folks.