Sometimes my friends and I sit on the beach in the morning, sharing a joint before we hit the waves. We sit there and watch the muscle-heads running sprints up and down the sand, or doing their cardio workouts. I am not making fun of these guys, if anything I applaud their commitment to physical fitness. The ironic thing is that I am in better shape then most of those dudes, even though my only exercise comes through surfing. Believe it or not, smoking that fat joint before going in the water is actually a part of my workout routine. Holistic health involves the alignment of mind, body, and spirit, so smoking recreational cannabis is a warm up for my exercise regimen. A few weeks ago some bright young man had the idea to open a small cannabis dispensary right next to the beach. I’m sure he was thinking about people like me and my friends, who consider recreational cannabis to be an essential part of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I only ever buy a small amount of recreational cannabis at any one time, because I don’;t like to carry it around. Since I spend so much of my time in the water, I can’t have a baggie of recreational pot in my pocket or it will get soaked. I usually just buy one joint at a time from the cannabis store, and then return later to buy another one! The surf, the sand, and recreational cannabis all combine to give me a calm, placid, and healthy state of mind.