Human history has witnessed many milestones in the struggle for emancipation from mental slavery. Eve fired the first shot circa 4000 B.C. when she ate the apple, proving that, indeed, none but herself could free her mind. Martin Luther kept hope alive in 1517 when he livelied up Wittenburg with his 95 theses, and contemporary examples abound, not the least of which occurred on March 31, 1999 when Laurence "Morpheus" Fishburne first taught Keanu "Neo" Reeves how substances could solve the mind-body problem inside the Matrix. But none of those events hold a flame to what's about to happen on April 20, 2001.

Green Acres is a New York City-based marijuana delivery service. And we ain't talkin' 'bout Mrs. Juana's daughter. Nestled in the back of a record store in the West Village, the company and its bike couriers have been supplying Manhattanites and friends-of-friends in the outer boroughs with the greenest shit this side of Kermit the Frog's ass for the last four years. Two years ago, they went online. A little riskier, yes, but God bless entrepreneurship. Log on, order in, smoke out.

Through sputnik7's vital "partnership" with Green Acres (chronic entertainment always has a source!) we recently learned that they're taking the operation nationwide. Beginning April 20th (aka 4/20) you'll be able to dial up their web page and get a Green Acres joint delivered to your home anywhere in the not-entirely-contiguous 50 states. Ten different varieties. A new one every week. Impossible, right? Clearly illegal, you say. Well listen to this:

On November 28, 2000, The Netherlands decriminalized euthanasia, making it the only country in the world where this is legal. Whether you find that fact progressive or savage is up to you. What isn't up to you is the United States Postal Service's legal position on the handling of euthanized remains. A commenticius clause in the U.S. Postal Inspection Code prohibits examination of the contents of any package containing the remains of someone "whose life be deemed legally and prematurely ended" outside of U.S. borders.

Supposedly intended to ensure the unhindered return of American soldiers who gave their lives during WWII, the law just happens to guarantee that any package bearing an official Dutch "euthanized remains" seal must reach its destination in the States unmolested. Thus, Green Acres are officially no longer in the illegal pot delivery racket, but the quite legal business of matching American citizens with their recently deceased relatives in The Netherlands—assisting in the delivery of cremated remains. They've also re-christened themselves "WeDeliver."

A little grisly, maybe, but Green Acres/WeDeliver founder (and NYU Law School graduate) John Blevins contends, "It's nothing compared to the sickening hypocrisy of American legal attitudes toward the criminalization of soft drugs." He added, "While our operation may be construed as fraudulent by some, we're only accelerating an imminent trend toward legalization in this country. The good people of Amsterdam have been very sympathetic to our cause."

Blevins spent the past year searching for a legal loophole before making the "Amsterdam connection." While he concedes that Congress will probably find a way to plug this one, it won't happen for months. He had been previously focusing his efforts on the Federal Compassionate-Use Program (a late-70's experimental medical marijuana initiative that was closed to new applicants in 1992, though eight U.S. citizens continue to receive a completely legal shipment of 300 joints per month) when the Dutch euthanasia news broke. "When they try to shut this one down," says Blevins, "we'll just find another way."

True incentivists, WeDeliver intend to launch their new venture by delivering a free joint to everyone who signs up for the service before April 20th. "We expect a lot of repeat business," assures Blevins. When news of WeDeliver's plan to go national hit the streets last week, their homemade website generated so much viral traffic that it crashed. Blevins and company have since enlisted the services of a prominent New York web developer (who asked that we not identify them) and expect to be "rolling" out the new site over the next few days.

WeDeliver are actively seeking pro-pot celebrities to endorse their product in a series of Internet ads and have already scored the support of trip-hop maestro (and doobie fanatic) Tricky. Signing up for WeDeliver's newsletter will get you a first look at the Tricky video promo, as well as information substantiating the legality of WeDeliver's operation. Oh yeah: plus the free joint.