Song of the Day 5/26: Stevie Wonder, “Too High”

There’s a reason “the dog ate my homework” was a plausible excuse, and had a better chance of working with teachers who owned dogs: Dogs will eat anything. Too picky for plain paper? Spill a little gravy on it.

And so, in the age of legalized marijuana, veterinarians have seen a growing number of pet canines that overdosed on cannabis. It’s not fatal, but the symptoms, as described by the author of this Philadelphia article about the trend, can be alarming.

When my son came home from school, Beau didn’t get up to greet him as usual. We noticed his head wobbling and swaying. An hour later, he couldn’t pick his head up; his doggy lips were stuck to the hardwood floor in a smear of drool like two slugs. …

His diagnosis: “Suspected marijuana ingestion.” The vet said Beau would be fine; the THC would clear his system within 24 hours. “Marijuana toxicosis is typically relatively harmless, although unpleasant for the patient,” my hospital discharge paperwork read.

Stevie Wonder described the phenomenon back in 1973 on his seminal “Innervisions” album.