According to the Convention of the High Seas, your vessel is subject to the laws and regulations of the country that it is home-ported in, and if that vessel is from a country where pot is illegal and they see you chiefing on the poop deck, you’re screwed, man. But, if you’re in the water, ensconced within the wetness itself, you’ve found yourself in a liminal space, a space where pot is neither good nor bad, permitted nor prohibited. However if you can smoke pot while treading water in the middle of the ocean, hats off.

— Krishna Andavolu, the host of Viceland’s “Weediquette” series, laying down the law on whether you can get high on the high seas.

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