From weed-themed Super Bowl parties to a Denver company's "Stoner Bowl" tours of recreational pot shops,
Cheap NMDs Real, this year's Super Bowl offers a twist on a sporting event better known for its beer commercials. Thanks to the recreational marijuana laws passed by voters in 2012, sales of taxed pot to adults over 21 began at Colorado pot shops Jan. 1 and are due to begin in Washington later this year.
There have been a slew of predictable, ready-made puns, most of which have to do with "bowl" being the part of the pipe where pot goes. Some fans have issued not-quite-serious calls for a cannabis-friendly musician 鈥?say, Willie Nelson or Snoop Dogg 鈥?to sing the national anthem.