PIC- University of Colorado 4/20 at 4:20 "Estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people exhale marijuana ..."

[underpants]

Estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people exhale marijuana ...
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people all exhale marijuana smoke as the clock hit 4:20pm during the 4/20 event on Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado April 20, 2010.… Read more »
REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

[truedelphi]

1. And remember - most who showed up are the light weight users

The heavy weight inhalers had no idea that this was happening that day!

[FirstLight]

2. wow, man....

...can you say 'contact high'?

...and isn't that *more* people than showed up at the tea party rally in VA? :rofl:


Damn hippie-communists wanna take over the world! :scared: :smoke: :evilgrin:

[Aramchek]

5. this was a Dimebagger Rally

[Merlot]

9. Dimebagger Party?

they should get as much press as the teabaggers!

[XOKCowboy]

10. They had what? 20X more at this ONE rally than they had in Boston or DC.

Denver had "thousands". California had smoke-ins where thousands showed up. Yet no bus from CNN to cover and glorify them. No wall to wall coverage.

Whadda ya expect? :shrug:

[Merlot]

11. The Dimebagger Party - a REAL grass roots movement!

I think we would organize.

[lib_wit_it]

13. Lol--good one!

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Stoned is the way of the walk

[Greyhound]

4. K&R

Does the Darkhorse still stand?
:smoke:

[proudohioan]

25. I think the Darkhorse has been gone for a couple of decades....

I remember the 'daze' back when I was about 16 or 17 and could always get served alcohol there. We thought ordering 7&7's was just sooo sophisticated!

:hi:

[JuniperLea]

6. Far more turned out for this kind of "tea" rally...

than for those silly TeaBagger affairs!

:rofl:


:smoke:

[slay]

7. You just know the squirrels in those trees are getting the munchies

hardcore now. Luckily the kids and their granola are safe - the squirrels are also way too unmotivated now to do anything about their sudden onset of munchies. :P :smoke:

[Delphinus]

20. Ha-ha!

Love your sense of humor! :)

[slay]

23. :)

is good to laugh - weed should of course be legal.. good to laugh though.. :rofl:

[cali]

8. and my son was one of them.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

12. there is a "read more" but no link...

is the happy ending, "A Good Day was had by all".

[underpants]

17. +

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Emailed-Photos-estimated-12000-15000-people-all-exhale-marijuana-smoke-clock-hit/ss/1756/im:/100421/ids_photos_ts/r502008937.jpg/

An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people all exhale marijuana smoke as the clock hit 4:20pm during the 4/20 event on Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado April 20, 2010.« Read less
REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

[Hannah Bell]

14. how come you can pull 12,000 kids on one campus to smoke reefer but not to do anything that actually

matters?

[change_notfinetuning]

15. When student loans and financial aid are denied to anyone busted for simple

possession, of course it matters. It's not the only thing that matters, or the most important, but it certainly matters and this was a nice turnout to bring attention. Personally, I'd like to see college students lead the way in protesting the wars, but I guess without a draft it just doesn't have the same urgency as the old days.

[Hannah Bell]

16. how does joining in a group smoke stop individuals from being busted & expelled?

is there some larger game plan?

[WinkyDink]

19. And where would you put 12,000 arrestees for this completely non-violent misdemeanor? What bureau-

cratic boss do you think you'd make happy with that expensive and ultimately fruitless move of lousy PR? The Chief of Police? District magistrate? The college bursar? The college president? The mayor?
Tax-payers?

[Hannah Bell]

21. that's not what i mean. i mean in the usual course of things, not at the big smoke-in.

i don't even understand why you thought you had to explain "they can't arrest 12000 people".

[change_notfinetuning]

22. For the same reason, every one of the 700,000+ annual arrestees for pot

should request a jury trial. Not only would it cause judicial and financial havoc, but in most cases, despite the jury instructions, at least one juror would be a likely holdout for acquittal, resulting in a mistrial. Then, for whatever percentage that would amount to, the prosecutors would have to decide whether to waste more of their limited resources to retry a pot smoker. If that doesn't end the nonsense, nothing will. Certainly not the government, when even a guy like Obama takes the Elliot Ness approach and believes in its ultimate success.

What was that about the definition of insanity, that we heard so many times during the presidential campaign?

[WinkyDink]

18. Because there's no Draft? Yeah, I'm that old. And envious.

[Romulox]

24. Turns out that freedom DOES matter, after all.

How can you ask for these kids help if you speak out of both sides of your mouth on an issue that is demonstrably important to them?