going back to this post, you never answered the question…Colitas is a mexican term for the buds on a marijuana plant. so when he says “warm smell of colitas, rising up in the air” he’s talking about the smell of marijuana…
What do you mean he never answered the question? It’s right there near the end:
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Just so you know, it is customary to provide a link to the column in question, like so. No harm, no foul. I do believe that the column was updated to show that “colitas” means “little buds”. Can you give a cite that shows it specifically means the buds of the marijuana plant?
Actually, the answer stated in the column was
Being an expert on Colitas I can assure you it’s marijuana from Mexico. I have smoked it. So warm smells of colitas rising up thru the air makes perfect sense. Not sure what all the mystery is about.
Unit450 not sure if you noticed but the question was answered 5 years ago
Pretty sure, based on the subject matter, that he didn’t notice.
I’d say earlier than that. The column is from 1997, so that makes it 20 years.