During a discussion about Proposition 19 on Bill Maher's HBO show "Real Time" last night, Zach Galifianakis commented that the people's opposition to marijuana legalization might be rooted in a feeling that smoking marijuana is still taboo. He then shocked the panel and delighted the audience by pulling out a joint and lighting up on the set.

He passed it to one of the stunned panelists, who smelled it, and seemed to confirm that it was indeed the real stuff.

Galifianakis point, presumably, was to show that you can smoke marijuana and not act in a crazy manner.