Legalising marijuana in the ACT: Australian Cannabis Territory

It’s already the home of joint sittings and the High Court, but now Canberra needs to dope it up across the board in recognition of marijuana legality.

• Cannabis has been legalised in ACT
• Wake up and smell the reality — drugs kill people

It’s already the home of joint sittings and the High Court, but now Canberra needs to dope it up across the board in recognition of marijuana legality.

Certain suburb and landmark names are easily changed to reflect Canberra’s reefer reality. Bonython becomes Bongython, Chifley becomes Choofley and so on.

Red Hill is replaced by Green Hill, Duffy is Puffy, Bonner receives an additional central ‘g’ and Deakin will be Peakin’.

Welcome to the Australian Cannabis Territory.

Hume upgrades to Fume and the Captain Cook Memorial Globe must refer to Captain Bake.

To properly reflect the likelihood of serious mental damage from long-term marijuana use, Yarralumla should be retitled Yarramumbler.

And Downer doesn’t need a name change at all.

Firing up a name change of our Australian Capital Territory. Chris Burn in the Mullup shop in Canberra tests one of his most popular bongs, the Powerbeug. Picture: Gary Ramage WARNING: No illegal substance was used in the making of this photograph

NRL fans will thrill to the flowing, cosmic playing style of the always-relaxed Canberra Reefers, while AFL followers can always catch a few games at Marijuanuka Oval.

The current Mount Pleasant Lookout will fit the city’s blissed-out mood much better if it’s called the Mount Awesome Lookout.

And a few cosmetic alterations are needed before the statue of Simpson and his donkey can accurately depict Simpson and his dealer.

Originally published as Legalising marijuana in the ACT: Australian Cannabis Territory