Want some potent marijuana chatter?  Then tune in C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.”
Yesterday we relayed Fishbowl’s coverage of a marijuana/Doritos conversation with Steve Scully.

The exchange made us uncontrollably giggly, then we get hungry and ate a bottle of mustard.
Today on C-SPAN, however, we experienced the harsh realities of the darker side of marijuana use — when The Man throws you in jail.

The “Washington Journal” call-in segment on whether George Wallace shooter Arthur Bremer should be released from prison brought this exchange:

San Diego caller: No, i do not believe that they should let Arthur Bremer be released.  Because, you know, he wanted to kill some people just for notoriety.  If they release him, if he tries to kill somebody else, then his notoriety is even going to go higher.
Brian Lamb: So, why do you think they’re even thinking about it?
Caller: I think they’re thinking about it because he’s done an awful long time in prison.  Time is really tough.  I had to do some time in prison myself before.
Lamb: How long?
Caller: Three years.
Lamb: When?
Caller: From 1967 to 1970.
Host: And how long was your sentence?
Caller: My sentence, I had two sentences of five to life that ran concurrently.  And so, what that did was, it forced my minimum eligible parole date to three years on one five to life.  I could have got out in 18 months.  But, because I had two of them running together, that raised my minimal eligible oop parole date to three years.
Lamb: What was the crime?
Caller: The crime was sales of marijuana.  But, at the time, they were trying to take me and flip me and make me a snitch.  I wouldn’t flip.  And so, what they did, is they just pressed the charge on me extra hard.
Lamb: They gave you five to life for selling marijuana?
Caller: Two five-to-lifes.

Now, if only C-SPAN could still book this guy…