As Texas GOP lawmakers remain laser-focused on passing a bill to restrict hemp sales during a special legislative session, Kyle McDonald of the band Slightly Stoopid recently had a laser of his own focused on a different objective: Lighting a joint on stage with the beam of a powerful device during a set the band played in the Lone Star State.
At a concert in Irving, Texas last month, McDonald took the audience by surprise when he pulled out a joint and held it in the crosshairs of a laser beam that successfully ignited the paper.
It doesn’t appear the Slightly Stoopid stunt had any political intent, despite taking place in a state where cannabis reform is squarely in the zeitgeist—with the Senate passing a bill last week that would ban consumable hemp products with any trace amounts of THC.
The proposal is currently in limbo, however, as multiple Democratic House lawmakers have staged a walkout, leaving the state to deny the chamber the quorum necessary to advance any legislation during the special session that ends later this month.
The California-based punk and reggae band has generally maintained an apolitical status in the music world. But Slightly Stoopid has endeared
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