What’s the newest trend among wealthy Beverly Hills moms? No, it’s not Prancercising (yet) – it’s, as the kids say, getting blazed.

Meet the Marijuana Moms, a group of upper class parents who all have medical marijuana prescriptions for chronic pain and other ailments. Far from being ashamed of their marijuana use, these ladies are speaking out about how much they love their weed.

“I was able to be the wife I wanted to be once again and it saved [my] marriage,” says 40-year-old Simmi Dhillon, who previously took a prescription narcotic to manage pain resulting from a car accident she was in a decade ago.

“We’ve all come up against people who say marijuana is for dirty druggies, but we are proof you can be good parents and productive members of society and use it,” says Cheryl Shuman, 53.

January Thomas, 37, even claims smoking weed helps her be a better, calmer, more creative parent to her daughter Zeena.

I can see it, I guess. Not that I smoke pot, of course, but I have an acquaintance – we’ll call her Gnarlotte Rastabanana – who told me a bit of the green might be just the ticket for dealing with hours-long viewings of In the Night Garden with a two-year-old who won’t stop trying to feed you sticky handfuls of pre-chewed Cheerios.

On the other hand, Thomas named her daughter Zeena, so maybe stoner parents aren’t such a good thing after all. I also feel I need to bring up the fact that Thomas smokes out of a novelty bong with “LOVE” written on it in a rasta font. If you’re rich, can’t you afford to buy a bong that doesn’t look like something found behind the counter at a sketchy convenience store? Just wondering.

In addition to smoking, the Marijuana Moms get together every month to have special dinner parties where the guest of honor is one Ms. Mary Jane. This isn’t your average Cheetos and McDonald’s stoner gathering, my friends: these wealthy parents hire top Beverly Hills chef David Schanhals to come over and feed them weed butter and chicken piccata tossed in organic hemp oil. After they’re done munching on their fancy food, they bring out huge jars full of different strains of weed and have a little sampling party.

I’m curious, though – weed is legal in California for medical use, but not for recreational use. At what point is doctor-prescribed marijuana considered to be used for recreational purposes by those it’s prescribed to? People with anxiety problems don’t get together and have Xanax parties, you know?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying pot isn’t good medicine for those who need it (it is) or even that these women shouldn’t be allowed to have their little pot parties. What I’m saying is, if we’re accepting this as a legitimate use of a substance that’s only legal for medicinal purposes, why aren’t we just legalizing it fully?