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    Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!

    "That, of course, after they sparked the weed they had come to smoke."

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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    There is proof that areas have more crime that prohibit the pot. As soon as we decriminalize it here you'll see less offenders. For me, it's peoples lives I'm concerned with before my right to use it. It makes no sense that we have zero responsibility for ourselves in matters like these. Also, NYC is no longer cooler than the west coast.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    Never go with a hippie to a second location.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    04/20/09

    @CaptainFantastic: best line ever on 30 Rock and I discussed this with friends/family members and we agreed.
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    04/21/09

    @Banjo-Sea Kitten: It seems like a line out of time, something we've always known but hadn't yet been written. Like "Ein Klein Nachmusik" or something.
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    04/21/09

    @contains_hot_liquid: Idiot.
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    Image of Sgt_Friday Sgt_Friday
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    I wish they would make it legal already. I have no desire to try it, but my husband likes to sneak a little now and then and I'm always paranoid he'll get arrested or something.
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    04/20/09

    @Sgt_Friday: Honey, I didn't know you were on Gawker! When's dinner?
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    Image of Ryan Pierce Ryan Pierce
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    Here's a pic from Boulder, CO last year on 4/20. It's ridiculous.

    [short.to]
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    04/20/09

    @Ryan Pierce: That explains The Brown Cloud pollution problem along the front range.
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    Image of Robin Schmidt Robin Schmidt
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    I agree that "magically reducing American demand" is not going to happen any time soon, and that decriminalization is the answer. Still, the culture does need to change. Our voracious consumption of drugs is on par with our voracious consumption of the Dollar Menu - and no, that's not a munchies joke.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    04/20/09

    @Robin Schmidt: What's wrong with a voracious consumption of drugs?
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    04/20/09

    @BadUncle: srzly.
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    Image of JudgeFudge JudgeFudge
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    Wait, what were we talking about?
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    Image of propertius propertius
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    I can't decide on the illegal/legal proportionality here in SF. The pot clubs sell for "medicinal" purposes, but it's an open secret that you can pay the right doctor and get a card without having any conditions whose symptoms are treatable with pot.
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    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    04/20/09

    @propertius: It's kind of a moral dilemma for some of us Californians. It's ridiculously easy to get a med-marijuana card, and there are as many "compassionate pharmacy" storefronts in West Hollywood, Venice, and Hollywood as there are Starbucks. But I don't want to be one of those people that anti-drug activists can point to as abusing much-needed medical-marijuana laws. The fact is that, in the grand scheme of things, I figure it's better to give up easy access to high-grade pot if it means that people who genuinely have a need for it won't be stymied in their efforts to get comprehensive med-marijuana laws passed in other states.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    04/20/09

    @propertius: I believe reality is a condition best treated with Marjuana.
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    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    Never have I ever researched how one becomes a High Times pot rater. It was, uh, for a friend.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    Today is also the birthday of Austria's most famous painter.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    04/20/09

    @Kid Twist: Thanks for harshing my buzz, dude.
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    04/21/09

    @Kid Twist: Happy birthday, Gustav Klimt!
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    It will really be mainstream when it is celebrated on the Saturday nearest to April 20th. Working stoners unite!
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    Image of PootyT PootyT
    04/20/09

    @CaptainFantastic: i have been counting down the minutes until 5 since i got in at 8:50 this morning. it's been a long day. 5 more minutes!!
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/20/09

    @PootyT: Alas, I no longer partake.
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    Image of easternsike easternsike
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    "If you're buying weed you probably have a bit of disposable income and a lot of time to kill!"


    or... you have forgone paying for cable and buying food so you can afford to forget who you are when you come home from your shitty job each nite! ..that is the reality behind a stoner.

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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    04/20/09

    @easternsike: Yes. If you're truly a smoker, there is ALWAYS money for weed somewhere.
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    Image of Mirshaan Mirshaan
    04/20/09

    @easternsike:


    So ridculously far from the truth.... As with anything that's done by a wide range of people, there exists the same wide range of people, cultures, lifestyles, and social standings doing it.


    The "reality" is probably closer to the fact that there are many people you know and admire who partake. Just like there are people who drink alcohol ranging from the homeless dude in the street to the CEO knocking back scotch in his penthouse, pot is broader than your simple-minded "reality" you've painted here.

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    04/20/09

    @Mirshaan: the reality was most definetely not painted. that is exactly how i was able to smoke weed all throughout college and right now.
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    04/20/09

    @easternsike: i'm sorry, when did cable become a necessity and not the very definition of disposable income to begin with...?
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/20/09

    @allyzay: 1988
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/20/09

    @CaptainFantastic: (I don't have cable/satellite.)
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    Image of TorrentFreak TorrentFreak
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    Weed should be legal. Nothing but stupid moral laws and ridiculous Puritan backgrounds keep it from being legal. Pot don't hurt anyone.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/20/09

    @TorrentFreak: It has been shown to induce grammar mistakes.
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    Image of TorrentFreak TorrentFreak
    04/20/09

    @CaptainFantastic: It induces the munchies. Dorito bags beware.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    04/20/09

    @TorrentFreak: Don't worry. We're baked more.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    04/20/09

    @CaptainFantastic: it induces... uh... it induces...
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    04/20/09

    In reply to Happy 'What The Hell, Weed's Still Illegal?' Day!
    I'm with the Times on the celebrating a day early thing.


    Prospect Park was just lovelier than usual yesterday.

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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    04/20/09

    @EleanorRigby: Tell your friend you know a hip hip lady named Phyllis who's cool, man.
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