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Happy 420 to all who celebrate it. (Original Post) bluescribbler Apr 20 OP
Now That It's Legal in Minnesota and Other States, MineralMan Apr 20 #1
Actually... 2naSalit Apr 20 #2
Sure. I agree. It needs to be legal. MineralMan Apr 20 #3
I hear you... 2naSalit Apr 20 #4
Yup. I and some of my prankster friends, MineralMan Apr 20 #6
Puff the Magic Dragon kentuck Apr 20 #5
The other 4:20/San Rafael connection - Pearly Sweetcake Brother Buzz Apr 20 #7

MineralMan

(151,480 posts)
1. Now That It's Legal in Minnesota and Other States,
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:45 PM
Apr 20

It's no fun any more. Too bad. I remember the 60s and 70s. It was fun, then.

Oh, well...

Roll another one. Just like the other one.

2naSalit

(103,788 posts)
2. Actually...
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 01:36 PM
Apr 20

I got tired of the need for clandestine acquisition and use. I am so glad that I can go to a store and just fucking buy it and go home and enjoy without the paranoia that used to come from it all. I just need something to take the edge off my PTSD which the paranoia only made worse.

MineralMan

(151,480 posts)
3. Sure. I agree. It needs to be legal.
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 01:39 PM
Apr 20

I'm just waxing nostalgic about the culture that was in place in California in my 20s. I do that a lot, now that I'm in my 80s.

2naSalit

(103,788 posts)
4. I hear you...
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 01:45 PM
Apr 20

I remember living that life in California and half a dozen other states! It was such a hassle.

It's so much nicer now, don't need to maintain a relationship with a dealer and all the headache that goes with that.

MineralMan

(151,480 posts)
6. Yup. I and some of my prankster friends,
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 01:57 PM
Apr 20

used to routinely plant cannabis seeds in public places. Parks, government building flower beds, here and there. On the local University campus, too. Anywhere things got watered regularly. It was a joke, of course, but you'd be surprised at how much of what we planted grew to have buds and flowers. We never went back and harvested any of it, but we sure planted a lot of seeds. Those were the days when seeds were plentiful in baggies of weed.

Bunch of Johnnie dope seeds we were.

Where I lived, the county District Attorney stopped prosecuting people for simple possession. Things were pretty easy, as long as you didn't flaunt the stuff and kept your use to yourself.

That said, we were also always aware that people were being arrested and jailed for weed. We all worked toward decriminalization or legalization. It took many decades to see that happen, though. Now that it has, "No, no, no, no, I don't smoke it no more."

Brother Buzz

(40,247 posts)
7. The other 4:20/San Rafael connection - Pearly Sweetcake
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 02:16 PM
Apr 20
The Smoke Off
By Shel Silverstein

In the laid back California town of sunny San Rafael
Lived a girl named Pearly Sweetcake, you prob’ly knew her well.
She’d been stoned fifteen of her eighteen years and the story was widely told
That she could smoke 'em faster than anyone could roll.


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