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Then one of the cops was like, ‘I smell weed.’” He was taken to jail in the Lower East Side this time. His cellmates were discussing politics, whether or not Obama was secretly a terrorist. When he was brought before the court, Mr. Fitzgerald received the same $95 slap on the wrist. He recently pared down his delivery work to two shifts a week. He’s got another gig transporting and installing artwork, which pays pretty well. He says delivering pot still keeps his interest because of the people he meets and the places it takes him. He’s got one regular who collects absinthe and likes to educate him on the subject. Sometimes he’ll get a call to go to a hotel and wind up getting high with a celebrity. “You’d be surprised how many people get delivery at their offices,” he said. “Bankers, tech guys—I’ve been to The New York Times a few times. Viacom. I feel like I’m at Viacom every other day.” It’s also stable work, he noted. “The weed bubble isn’t going to pop; if anything, it only gets bigger in hard times. More people are spending more time at home. They might cut back on other things, but they’re not going to cut back on pot.
