This is the kind of really good, in depth story about Tijuana that I used to enjoy in the Reader a long time ago. I appreciate it. And, as an aging male San Diegan myself, it's reassuring to know this place is available, if the need ever arises. No need to walk off into the forest, or desert, or finish it with a handgun.

If someone is "free", that must include the freedom to ingest substances that aren't good for them. There is no moral support for the "War on Drugs"... the intention was to go after the effects of drug use, and has failed badly.

Legalize it. Tax it. Bring it out into the light. If someone wants to blaze away 24/7, that's their business. If they then want to do something stupid or criminal, there are laws for that. get stoned and drive? Already illegal. Commit burglaries to buy dope? Already illegal. Want to give pot to a kid? Illegal.

Stop the hand-wringing. Time for the nattering ninnies to shut up. Don't want to use pot? Don't. But you don't have a right for nobody else to use it because you disapprove.

I'll just say that this is my new favorite bar. I walk down the street weekly to go try a new cocktail and some kind of food. I've never had anything but an amazing experience and haven't noticed any lack of seasoning. Keep doing what you do, guys.

Response to post #3: I have been badmouthing (your word) MLMs for more than two decades. I have never worked in the industry and never will. Nor have I ever seen a bar of Amway soap in someone's home. Best,, Don Bauder

Thank you, Ian, for this important story. Beautifully written and reasoned, well-researched. Thank you, READER. Thank you, Dr. Uslander. Thank you, Andrews family for loving BA enough to honor his wishes. And thank you forever, dear Bill.

"Be stoked for me, that I went out with a sense of quietness and purposefulness that I felt reflected the way I liked to surf — paddling out in the dark, first man in the water, and alone with the waves." — Bill Andrews