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Sun baked on the Common
By adamg on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 6:18pm
Gary Waldeck reports he just happened to be bicycling by the Common at 4:20 this afternoon while MassCann and NORML's Freedom Fest was in full toke.
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Nice to see the no smoking in
Nice to see the no smoking in public parks ordinance is being enforced,
Also
Nice to see people uh... borrowing... jokes from Twitter.
Well
If those of us who haven't visited the twitterverse hadn't thought the exact same thing, how is it borrowing.
So, since the obvious statement was made and claimed to be stolen, here are some deeper thoughts
-how does this group keep on getting permits when the whole event is nothing more than lawbreaking?
-how does this movement expect others to take them seriously when events like this are an example of bad stereotypes about potheads?
Don't assume they're competent
What's surprising is that any potheads managed to follow through enough to get a permit.
Not about law-breaking
The whole event is about law-changing. Many attendees choose to break the law, but probably not as many as you'll find at Boston Calling this weekend, our at many other permitted events.
But public drinking at St.
But public drinking at St. Patty's day is OK, right?
Only in Boston...
St. Patrick's Day
Or at the least St. Paddy's Day. Show a wee bit of the correct nomenclature before you criticize please.
I could really use that
I could really use that middle finger emoticon now...
st paddy's day
On Saint Patrick's day Boston and the State Police issue hundreds of citations for public drinking,it will be interested in seeing how many stoners were issued citations yesterday.for smoking.
Red solo cups required.
Red solo cups required. Drinking in public rules are the the same as every other day, if you have a cup cops will let it slide. When in doubt, whine about St. Paddy's Day.
Beer is legal. Pot isn't.
Beer is legal. Pot isn't. However i fully support legalizing pot. How can something that grows from the ground be illegal? Legalize already, and monitor and tax like other foods when sold for human consumption. But folks should be able to grow and smoke it or eat it. Jeez
Why do you care?
Why do you care?
Why is there a city ordinance on this?
Perhaps the poster was puffing on a Newport on the Common on Friday and got ticketed for smoking in a public park. Meanwhile, if you get enough people together you can smoke even illegal substances and not worry about the consequences.
If NORML wants the public face of marijuana usage to be Cheech and Chong, fine, but that will influence how I view the issue.
Less outdoor toking when it is legal
I've been in Seattle, Denver, and Portland both before and after those states legalized. Even went to concerts.
Much less puffing in public, much less smell than before.
Some of this is because edibles are available in these states and people take them to concerts instead of smoking. Chocolates are the order of the day! Some of the reduction in outdoor weed smell is because people light up in their back yards instead.
I smell far more weed in Fort Point and Downtown when the after work crowd lights up the vapes than I did in legalized states.
Fluff Festival.
I went to the Fluff Festival in Union Square looking for a fried Fluffernutter and there were none to be found. :(
I bet they had them at the Freedom Fest!
sigh
Please, for everyones sanity, just legalize it. Freedom Fest would have been cutting edge and hip in the 70s, not so much in 2015.
I can't believe the novelty
I can't believe the novelty is still strong with these kids. Yawn...
Once legalization happens, this event will disappear
as it really won't have a point anymore. Vote yes in 2016.
And we'll run into the same problems
that we've had with medical MJ. Legalization through initative petition won't work, unless the initative petition also details all the other changes and additions to laws that will be necessary
(like amending OUI)to effectively police the "legal" MJ.Because nobody has ever legalized it before
Oh, wait - four other states.
Also, please tell us the science behind amending OUI, and why that will be necessary? One would think that OUI would be a functional issue, not an individual chemical issue. Also, provide scientific references for what, exactly, is "too stoned to drive". "Everybody knows" is not scientifically validated.
Medical MJ is now legal in Massachusetts
Now, how many dispensaries do we have?
OUI
Isn't it already illegal to operate a motor vehicle under the influence of marijuana? I don't see why that law would need to change at all.
Point taken
amended my comment
damn i don't like those
damn i don't like those people, getting high and chilling
maybe listening to prog-rock
damn