marijuana cigarettes

BEFORE YOU GET TO EXCITED please note that none of the above pictures are real they are just prototypes done by print magizen who got some designers together to produce sample marijuana cigarettes packages. Here is a snibbet of the article by James Gaddy



BUILDING A BETTER BAGGIE

By JAMES GADDY


This new attention has converged from several angles: The capsized economy has provided a compelling financial argument for elected officials looking to find new taxable products, for one, and a judicial argument has arisen in light of violent Mexican gangs who profit from the U.S. market. And pot legalization—like gay marriage—has gained wider support now that there is evidence from other states and countries that have legalized and found that the world hasn’t, in fact, ended in a blaze of reefer madness. The statistics website FiveThirtyEight estimates that if public support continues to grow at its current pace, legalization could happen within 15 years.

With this in mind, Print contacted four firms: Lust, a graphic design practice in Amsterdam established by Thomas Castro, Jeroen Barendse, and Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen; the New York office of Base, which worked with its branches in Europe; the Oslo firm Strømme Throndsen, winner of the 2009 Award for Design Excellence for its flour packaging; and The Heads of State, a two-man operation run by Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers in Philadelphia.

The brief was simple: What would a legal pack of marijuana cigarettes look like?
and the above is the answer


make sure you go to http://printmag.com/Article.aspx?ArticleSlug=Building-a-Better-Baggie to get the full article and lots more pictures