In the past, I always loved going out for my birthday.
I would start with a big birthday dinner, and then hit the bars and clubs to get free drinks all night.
This is a college town, filled with hard-partying young people who love buying drinks for a birthday boy, even if we have never met each other before. This year I was turning 50 and did not feel like going out on the town. My age was catching up with me, and I no longer wanted to hang out with young people, even if I did get free drinks. Instead I decided to have a low-key birthday, and I went to the local cannabis dispensary. This shop is the only place in town that has a cannabis dispensary as well as a smoking lounge. Remember how I said I would get free drinks at the bar for my birthday? The same thing happened at the cannabis dispensary smokers lounge, because everyone wanted to give me a hit of what they were smoking. That evening I was given three different cannabis edibles, two vape pens, and more hits of weed than I can recall. Someone who worked at the cannabis dispensary was smart enough to take my keys, and one of the people there gave me a ride home at the end of the night. I really loved getting all that free cannabis, but what I loved even more was the sense of community I felt at the dispensary. In the cannabis community, we take good care of each other.