From Mort Gerberg's new introduction to High Society: "One of the prevalent characteristics of the turbulent, society-changing 1960s was marijuana. It was seemingly ubiquitous, though usually covert because it was illegal — which only made it more attractive as a contemporary 'subject,' on the lips of many, so to speak — and therefore perfect material for humor. My (cartooning) interest in marijuana heightened in 1972 when a magazine story speculated that legalization was imminent. I considered drawing another cartoon spread, but my “what-if” ideas kept spreading, and resulted in this satire, which, when I reread it last year, looked like a rough draft for the legalization movement that's now growing nationwide."
