4-20 2012 LIVE!

[lampshade]

Any news on the Great Smokeout /Flashmob thing at the Stadhuis ?

Would love to do a Dam flashmob! hahaha

Lampshade checking in to wish all an awesome 420, regret not being there this year but smoke a joint, bong or vape for me!

[codejd]

Happy 420 folks !

[cattales1960]

Happy 420 everyone. Im really sorry about the banner. I wanted you guys to have it. but I could make you guys out anyway! Did anyone go to the protest? wonder how that went.

[TwoCanucks]

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 4/20!

Hope it is as awesome as the stories have been.

[flexativity]

Happy 420 all!!!

[Lemming]

Can't believe it's nearly over already. Supposed to be in Haarlem today. Lots of people probably went over there early this morning. There was talk of some being in Utopia at 2.30 to celbrate their 3rd place in the Hestia Cup so we're going to try to get there. Might go to Haarlem from there. The other winners were Voyagers and 1e Hulp, incidentally.

[geekymonkey]

Yay! Voyagers and 1e Hulp My favorites


Have a great day, and thanks for the updates- so fun to read along!

[worldcitizen1723]

Pro-pot protesters light up against Dutch cannabis plans
(AFP) – 21 hours ago 
AMSTERDAM — Several hundred pro-cannabis demonstrators lit up joints in central Amsterdam on Friday in the most public display yet against the Dutch government's plan to stop the drug's sale to foreigners.
Pot-friendly protesters "flash-mobbed" in front of the capital's Muziektheater -- a venue announced only an hour before on social media sites -- where they played loud reggae music and unfolded banners before lighting up.
"We are here to protest against the cannabis card, we are legal consumers," rally organiser Peter Lunk told AFP, referring to the Dutch government's plan to introduce a so-called "cannabis card" for Dutch residents only.
Lunk estimated some 500 smokers gathered for Friday's "smoke-in," many of them wearing T-shirts imprinted with a marijuana leaf and carrying placards saying: "Weed pass -- no thanks" and "Weed pass, kiss my a(expletive)."
New cannabis-for-locals-only laws are to take effect on May 1 in three southern Dutch provinces -- North Brabant, Limburg and Zeeland on the Belgian and German borders -- and in the rest of The Netherlands in 2013.
The centre-right government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte has since September 2010 been weighing a "cannabis card," reserved for residents only and obligatory when visiting one of the country's 670 licensed coffee shops.
Dutch coffeeshops will now become closed clubs which will be allowed up to 2,000 members from among residents, including foreigners living in The Netherlands and aged over 18.
The move, which coffeeshop owners say would harm an industry that has been a drawcard for travellers for years, was taken to protect locals against the nuisance of drug tourism and criminality, authorities said.
Dutch residents have long complained about the impact of drug tourism including pollution, traffic jams, nighttime noise and a proliferation of dealers in hard drugs.
Earlier this week, Dutch cannabis cafe owners went to court to get an interim injunction to stop government from enforcing the law.
Although cannabis is technically illegal, The Netherlands decriminalised the possession of less than five grammes (0.18 ounces) of the substance in 1976 under a so-called "tolerance" policy.

[Lemming]

Hope some people got out to Haarlem today and found something going on. The other day someone came back from Haarlem and said the shops there hadn't heard about this Cannalympics. Nobody in Utopia earlier, well except us and the nice lady tending the bar who'd been told to expect people at 2. Will probably be in Nes later for last night smoke up. Hopefully see someone there.

[islandgurl]

T'was an absolute pleasure to see you and J. again, Lem. Glad we weren't the only stragglers at Nes; great group and one of the best times there! My cheeks still hurt from laughing.

[cattales1960]

T'was an absolute pleasure to see you and J. again, Lem. Glad we weren't the only stragglers at Nes; great group and one of the best times there! My cheeks still hurt from laughing.

You mean you and Rich didnt make the cannaolympics? I think you and rich coul of given people a run for their pot.. hehe

[woodz60]

Did anyone bring a camera to the Muziektheater/flash mob thingie? I would love to see some images from that little get together.

[cattales1960]

Did anyone bring a camera to the Muziektheater/flash mob thingie? I would love to see some images from that little get together.

there are some pictures on the website. I am stilll asleep but will post the link later if someone doest beat me to it. lol

[islandgurl]

T'was an absolute pleasure to see you and J. again, Lem. Glad we weren't the only stragglers at Nes; great group and one of the best times there! My cheeks still hurt from laughing.

You mean you and Rich didnt make the cannaolympics? I think you and rich coul of given people a run for their pot.. hehe

I tend to agree, cattgirl.

Alas we didn't make it, had a nice, leisurely day instead. sure did miss y'all this year, was just telling Lafe that last night in Nes.

[Lemming]

Home now. Great to see everyone. Thanks for being such good company.

Glad to hear Cannalympics went off. Nice variation on the theme: in our Hestia Cup we give awards to coffeeshops, in Haarlem's Cannalympics they give medals to stoners. A few survivors made it back past the train crash (really!) and appeared in the Nes clutching their medals. Well done people!

Full trip report at some point but got a busy time coming up.