Hempfest: We're getting too big for 2 days and need to extend to 3 days to spread the crowd out over an extra day, much like other festivals have. Can we?
City officials: No.

**** Hempfest happens ****

City officials: We think that Hempfest is getting too large. We need to look at alternative venues.

Fox reporter: "...and more than a few colorful characters..."

Que black man: "Hey man, this is what we call the hempfest ya'll!"

LOL!

You know, siftbot.. you'd make a great pipe...
>> ^siftbot:

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The standard cry against it: "But the children!", gateway drug, and the slippery slope of suddenly legalizing all drugs.

The first and last are extremely silly and I have no desire to address them.

I think that marijuana is a gateway drug, but not in the standard definition. Peggedbea bring up a good point of people being exposed to other illegal substances. I also think another thing is the bullshit realization factor. People are told about all the evils of pot, etc, etc. And yet once they have tried it, the majority of people realize that the propaganda was just... propaganda. "What other bs has been spread out about other drugs?" It's too bad that some anti-drug groups have used falsehoods in trying to promote their side - which in my view is horrific; there are valid health issues that should be addressed, but they destroy their trustworthiness by using lies. I was listening to a person speaking at HempFest who was cautioning the pro-marijuana groups to make sure the acknowledge the health risks while promoting their side. What side am I on? I'm on the side of truthful information about the benefits and risks. Give people good information and let them make their choices.