Do you support 4/20, the "National Weed Day"? If so, are you celebrating the event?
Question #1 - do you support a Marijuana "Holiday"? Should marijuana cultivation and use be celebrated?
Question #2 - how do you plan on celebrating the event, if at all?
Enlighten us on the importance and acceptability of 4/20!
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It is not necessarily a "holiday" or a "celebration," but instead a form of protest and a day to bring awareness. It should be mentioned here that not all marijuana legalization activists even smoke the Ganja, but instead believe in equal freedom for all, are opposed to prison and jail overcrowding at the expense of taxpayers due to harsh marijuana laws in a large number of states, and are also in favor of the economic benefits that legalization can bring to many areas of the country.
With that being said, many activists in the state of California may soon have a reason to actually celebrate this day and the efforts that they have put forth towards legalizing marijuana, and Colorado may soon be the same way, as both of these states are on the brink of legalizing marijuana outside of prescription use.
It is relevant that the legalization of marijuana may occur first in California, since that is where the term 420 originated. A student in San Rafael came up with the term, when a protest group was formed that lit up in unison outside of the school at 4:20pm.
No matter how you choose to protest or increase awareness among others, 420 Day is becoming more and more popular, even among those who do not really know what it is all about.
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M$In light of all that I've answered the legalization question before here on Mahalo and even got BA for it. But I don't have to like the drug (or any drug or drug delivery system - like cigarettes for example) to agree that it's silly (to use a technical term) for it to be illegal.
The ONLY reference to 420 I hear ANYwhere but on Mahalo (since I don't frequent those circles socially) is as an excuse to get high. Joking about getting high or simply to sound like they're involved with the "in crowd". Never is it about protesting, advocating or educating. In fact the last person I spoke to that tried to teach anything while high could only talk about fish emulsion and the sex of the plants he was growing using his secret formula (that he forgot he'd just told me involved fish emulsion). Which after 2 hours got really, really, REALLY boring. I didn't even have to smoke it to benefit from the sleep including qualities caused by listening to someone who did smoke it for 2 hours. Contact drowsiness maybe?
Smoking it creates a need to smoke it just like any drug, including aspirin (except don't smoke aspirin - please). As with any medication, taken in moderation, as prescribed or indicated has it's use. After that it's no different than cigarettes or alcohol. People cease to be able to function to a degree they feel is "normal" without it. That's why I'm against it. The weed itself, not the legalization of it. I prefer my recreation to be non-induced myself.
Chevy Chase once said (after Betty Ford's Clinic), "I took drugs to find myself. What I found was what I was like on drugs." So my advice?
1. Support the cause.
2. Don't do drugs.
3. Ignore everything I just said and check your emulsion to compost ratio before you fall asleep.
Don't even get me started on Reggae....
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I understand where your coming from, talking to people who are obbsessed with weed is very boring. However just because someone is dependent on it does not mean that its the only thing they like to talk about, or that they even like to be around "stoners."
Ive felt dependent on marijuana for quite some time and i dont like to talk about weed, EVER. Also i hate reggae and all talk of 4:20, hemp, anything about "how high you are right now," legalization, growing, cultivation, germination, strains, and different types of weed. basiclly what im trying to say is i understand how you would get annoyed, but dont judge someone just because there "high." They can still be fun to talk to!
I interact with persons on medication every day. Where there is no choice one just has to learn to enjoy the person as they are. But sometimes I wonder after who they might be without the impairment.
Drunk people are fun to talk to too, for about a minute. It's not my place to judge anyone, but someone who is sober will hold my attention longer. It's not their fault I have a short attention span. :)
If you check the history, its actually a very active day unlike the couch slumping potato chip munching day people imagine it to be simply because it also so happens to be associated with marijuana. I call it a day of activity. I celebrate 4-20 with a good campfire and friends. I do support the legalization of Marijuana everywhere else (It is basically legal here in Alaska) as it's harmless. It was made illegal for all the wrong reasons and is one more limit on our freedom that is unnecessary.
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"Good people don't obey bad laws"
The civil disobedience at 4/20 events help expose the truth that the War on Drugs is actually a War on Personal Freedom. Should we not have the freedom to choose what to put in our bodies?
This year I can't make it, but hopefully next year, when I've moved as a part of the Free State Project, I'll join the activists who are smoking right in front of the State House of New Hampshire.
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I won't celebrate this holiday by using the drug or anything but I will give my support to anything weed related.
For example, any pictures of marijuana that appear on my tumblr dashboard will be marked as "like" or "hearted" :D
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Well said!
:-)~
*sniff! sniff!* I love you @kelraye78!!
I couldn't have said this any better myself!
Everyone around here knows I'm a pretty outspoken advocate of legalization, and I'm extremely proud that there are others who are like minded! I'm even more proud that you understand what the effort (and the day) is really about!
While I myself will be enjoying some "relaxation" and probably some Cherry Garcia later on tonight, I'm glad that Mahalo lets us have open discussions like this; I like the fact that we can maybe educate a little and hopefully help the plant to shed the propagandized stigma that's been attached to it.
it's all good people. Let it grow...
@irishstephen1974: I love you too, man. @shadowbear: I have pizza rolls.
On this 4/20 spark one up in memory of the great hemp activist Jack Herer who passed away last week on the 15th at the age of 70. RIP Jack.
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/december242009/jack_video_tk.php