The above video is from Manchester, but it's indicative of what's happening in Keene, NH.

Smoking pot in the police station:


Selling pot in public:

That's great and all, but demonstrating to the cops is much less important than convincing the legislators. I do appreciate their efforts however, and would love to see this happen in cities all over the US.

I would also like to see some well dressed, clean shaven smokers get involved.

There is no greater voice of pressure on legislatures than law enforcement and prosecutors. If people can show law enforcement that there is no need to punish this act, or if you can get prosecutors to be so unconcerned or even frustrated with the numbers of pot offenses in their offices, legislative change would not be far behind. Legislators (read: elected politicians) don't want to seem "soft on crime," that's why they are slow to move on decriminilization of pretty much anything. But if the people who are enforcing the law are fed up with it, or can show it's too much of a tax on the system without real benefit to society, they can put pressure on the legislature (and even the judiciary if the legislature doesn't respond) to make changes. Decriminilization of pot is going to be an arduous battle, and I think conducting massive smokeouts without any further resulting crime is a great tactic.

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I can legally buy a gun, but I can't buy a dime bag for personal use. Just something seems weird about that.

>> ^garmachi:
That's great and all, but demonstrating to the cops is much less important than convincing the legislators. I do appreciate their efforts however, and would love to see this happen in cities all over the US.
I would also like to see some well dressed, clean shaven smokers get involved.

I support the public disobedience thing in the park but I don't think those guys at the police department are doing anything really constructive. It seems more like they're out for excitement than anything else. The police even deserve to be commended for taking the time to address them respectfully.

And for crying out loud! Get rid of the damn tie-dyes already. It's not a symbol of peace or protest and nobody with an ounce of sense wants it as a symbol of the legalization movement. It just makes you look delusional and douchey.

The cute chick wearing the marijuana leaf can stay though.

The Free-Staters are now high on my list of true Americans.

It takes stone-headed resolve to weed out the truth from the injustice.

This is a buzz that should be seen and heard around the world!

this happens hourly here in vansterdamcouver, bc, canada

Honestly, welcome to Canada, I live in Montreal and Marijuana is pretty much legal. Police don't even waste their time anymore and concentrate on harder drugs.

You walk 10 blocks Downtown in broad daylights, I guarantee that you pass at least 4 or 5 people smoking J's. It's really part of our culture so cops turn a blind eye.

It's too bad the US doesn't adopt this way of thinking, Weed is so insignificant in the grand scheme of things. It's a plant that makes you relaxed when you breath in it's burning smoke, it almost makes me believe in god, almost.

For the record, hands down, British Columbia has the best weed in Canada.

>> ^honkeytonk73:
I can legally buy a gun, but I can't buy a dime bag for personal use. Just something seems weird about that.


I can legally buy a dime bag -- I could legally buy an ounce -- but only in California, and only if I present my papers.

Years ago, I was given a citation for possession, but along with that I was also required to go to a local community college and take a marijuana "class". The cop who was instructing us on the downsides of our drug of choice told us straight up that most of the law enforcement in California doesn't give a shit about us smoking it, as long as we're in our homes and not driving on the roads. He then went on to tell us how much worse alcohol abuse was and that if he wasn't a police officer he might be a smoker himself. Sadly, he told us, he remains an alcohol abuser! It was pretty duuuhhh, but hearing a cop telling us that in a court appointed class was amusing.

the "free state" which only amassed 8% of votes for Ron Paul in the primary.

wankers; they don't want freedom they just want to smoke weed...

>> ^imstellar28:
the "free state" which only amassed 8% of votes for Ron Paul in the primary.
wankers; they don't want freedom they just want to smoke weed...


The freedom to smoke weed...

How can anyone condemn this?

You think this won't have an effect? You think that if, at 4.20 every single day, in every single country around the world, an absolute shit ton of people started smoking pot? What if we then had another one at 5.20, 6.20 and 7.20, fuck - most of the day maybe? So that ppl at work could turn up to later ones, and make up the numbers.

It won't have an effect if you sit there saying "this won't have an effect" instead of getting behind it and potentially joining in.

It doesn't matter what they look like, how they dress, how much facial hair they have, if they're there for a laugh or if they're there for freedom. They're fucking THERE, and they deserve the right to choose their own shit in life as long as it doesn't harm anyone else - and trust me it doesn't.

The fuck are you even saying, imstellar? They don't want freedom they just want to smoke weed? Consider that sentence. It doesn't make sense. They don't want freedom they just want to be able to do something that they want to do which affects nobody but themselves?

Cock.

You guys clearly don't understand; pot will make you rip your own eyes out and kick your neighbor's puppy!

In Ottawa there's a marijuanathon every year in front of the Parliament Buildings.

Loved the bit in the comments video where he yells "nice bust!"

I think I saw some of them turn to harder drugs at the end of the video. Gateway drug.

Good effort, have to respect the police for acknowledging that there are better things to spend their time on. I'll be paying attention for anything like this happening in the UK; John Major famously admitted after he left the position of Prime Minister that the only reason the UK hasn't decriminalised cannabis is because of relations with the USA. Shame he wouldn't give any further details in that interview.

>> ^dannym3141:
How can anyone condemn this?
You think this won't have an effect? You think that if, at 4.20 every single day, in every single country around the world, an absolute shit ton of people started smoking pot? What if we then had another one at 5.20, 6.20 and 7.20, fuck - most of the day maybe? So that ppl at work could turn up to later ones, and make up the numbers.

Why wait till after work? Why not get high all day? Shit, we should get babies high! That's sure to turn some eyes.

I feel like we should handle this one in the courts. If only us stoners woke up early enough to become lawyers...

GTFO reefers