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Rob Griffin, the American founder of the well-known website 420Girls.com, has published a pretty unusual book of photos: 'Naked Girls Smoking Weed'. In this publication of almost 160 pages, Griffin has brought together the best photos that have been published over the years on his 420Girls.com web site, on which beautiful, naked or half-naked American girls pose willingly in weed plantations, in grow spaces or simply with an enormous bong between their voluptuous lips.

If this suggests to you that Rob Griffin is just some sleazy geezer who has spotted a gap in the market, you'd be wrong, because his story is more than just an exercise in money grubbing. Griffin was arrested in 1992 in Maryland carrying some weed in his pocket, was convicted, and as a result of this was banned from exercising his right to vote ever again. Griffin was so pissed off at this that he decided to delve in to the archives to learn all he could about marijuana and especially the politics of drugs.

Before he knew it, he was busy with a consciousness-raising campaign to bring to public attention the many abuses of the War on Drugs in general, and the 'War on Weed' in particular. And since as everyone knows, 'sex sells', and because Griffin is a hobby photographer with an impressive troupe of ex-girlfriends, the concept of his awareness project fell quickly into place.

Where exactly the well-worn American term '420' comes from remains something of a mystery. Some say that 420 was a secret code used by dealers not wanting to talk too openly over the phone about their goods, others say that the term comes out of the law enforcement community, where a 420 code refers to an infraction of the marijuana laws. In any event, we have been grateful for some time for the very issues-free '420 babes' who have worked with Rob Griffin on his websites and book, because they are the subject of one very cool book, as these gorgeous photos can testify.

- Soft Secrets Magazine - Issue 3 2007 - Europe