How the Agency Grind Led This Art Director to Dream Up Gourmet Marijuana Edibles

Inside the culinary passion project Sous Weed

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During the third season of Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss' Peggy Olson surprises herself and her colleagues when she declares, "I'm Peggy Olson and I want to smoke some marijuana." She's working on a Saturday and she's creatively blocked, so why not try something new? It's a delightful moment and one that made Peggy into, as Moss has noted, a stoner icon.

Of course, there's no question that this fictional bit is far from the only time agency creatives have used weed to get inspired.

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