Marijuana marathon races look to break stoner stigma

[marmar]

(MarketWatch) Marijuana users on the west coast are running, or walking, away from the popular image of the Jeff Spicoli-like pot smoker.

420 Games is a Marin County, Calif.-based events company whose goal is to de-stigmatize the mainstream opinion that cannabis users are lazy “stoners” like Sean Penn’s character from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” The company holds 4.2-mile runs/walks and other types of sporting events to show that marijuana users are just as active as non-users. “If you smoke cannabis and someone hears about it, you’re called a stoner right away,” says 420 Games founder Jim McAlpine. “No one calls you a drunk if you take a drink here or there.” (The term “420” originated in the 1970s as a code for smoking marijuana.)

420 Games held its second annual 4.2-mile run in San Francisco on Saturday, and has also hosted a run in San Jose, Calif. The company plans to introduce its events in new cities with a run, then expand to other activities, such as golf tournaments, paddle board races and long board marathons, he says. ..................(more)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/marijuana-marathon-races-look-to-break-stoner-stigma-2015-08-19

[HFRN]

1. i think we should address the stoner stigma, because

like, you know, it's kind of bad and like you know....uh what was the question again?

[underpants]

2. They fired the starting gun but everyone was 30 minutes late

[NightWatcher]

3. I know who I hope enters the swimming events

[fizzgig]

8. i met him once

seemed like a nice guy. beastly giant of a man, too.

[underpants]

4. The curling competition is going to take FOREVER

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Curling takes forever sober

[underpants]

5. Golf tourney delayed when everyone thinks they are playing the same ball

[underpants]

6. Opening ceremonies halted when everyone claimed the flame was theirs

[randome]

7. Will there be a coal-rolling competition, too?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[Archae]

9. It'll no doubt look like this...