Marijuana Pepsi Has Always Been Proud Of Her Name, More So Now With This Honorific: ‘Doctor’
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck has spent her life embracing a name that has drawn attention, often unwanted, and most always raising eyebrows.
Marijuana was given the name by her mother who was convinced it would provide notoriety and “take her around the world.” What the name did was put her in the position of having to answer a million questions and fend off judgment.
Her parents were of the post-Woodstock era when cannabis was coming into its own across the country. “And they would cool off with a Pepsi,” Marijuana’s aunt, Mayetta Jackson told the Journal-Sentinel. “I thought it was crazy, but they were such fun-loving people that it suited them.” Marijuana’s sisters have relatively common names, Kimberly and Robin.
Despite the challenges, Marijuana Pepsi says she’s proud of her name and never considered changing …