The truth is that New Yorkers and our tourists celebrate being stoned out every year and this week was no exception in The Big Apple.
Stonehenge or as it is known here in NYC Manhattanhenge, also inaccurately called the Manhattan Solstice, is an event during which the setting sun or the rising sun is aligned with the east–west.
As you can see, occurs, when the Sun appears between the grid of the city as it's low in the sky and setting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge#/media/File:Manhattanhenge…
Alternatively, not everyone in The City was stoned out. The slang phrase may have been reefer madness, especially after meeting Mary Jane.
The acting of staring blankly at it and enjoying the sight, Not concentrating on anything but your thoughts.
Reefer Madness is a 1936 American propaganda film about drugs, revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhQlcMHhF3w