First things first, for new HIGH TIMES magazine editor-in-chief Chris Simunek as he was very pleased to announce that Oliver Stone stepped up to be on the August 2012 cover of the magazine. Stones agreed to the interview for the August issues dishing out information on his his new movie Savages, his criticisms of American foreign intervention and the global drug war. In addition, the three-time Academy Award-winning director makes no bones about his fondness for cannabis.
Simunek says, "We applaud Oliver Stone for showing the same sort of courage in his support for the marijuana cause that he's shown with so many other issues, past and present. HIGH TIMES has always championed the rebel with a cause, and when people of Mr. Stone's renown speak up -- and smoke up -- in the public sector, it exposes one more chink in the armor of idiocy that protects the status quo."
Simunek, author of the gonzo classic, Paradise Burning: Adventures of a HIGH TIMES Journalist, wants to revive the strong journalism for which the 37-year-old magazine is known. "We have the cultivation thing and the bud shots well-covered. I'm looking for a few good writers to report on the Drug War, politics and to write some kick-ass, hilarious gonzo stuff. Getting Oliver Stone to blaze up on the cover was a big coup." Wow, this will sure stir up some controversy, so stay tuned.
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