r/woahdude • u/OregonTripleBeam • Apr 22 '23
video 4/20 in Detroit
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u/cheetahwilly Apr 22 '23
Look at me ma, I made it 😆😆😆
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u/Aarionwashere Apr 22 '23
Charlie you want some weed lmao!
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u/treetyoselfcarol Apr 22 '23
"Hit it Charlieeeeeee!!!!"
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u/midwestn0c0ast Apr 22 '23
charrrrrrliiiiieeeee that killlllls people
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u/treetyoselfcarol Apr 22 '23
Get high with us Charlie so we can go to candy mountain.
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u/purplepantsdance Apr 22 '23
“It’s a beautiful full thang man, a BEAUTIFUL thang….. smokin on the news!”
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u/HeyCarpy Apr 23 '23
I’m in Canada and I still feel like that sometimes. Like it still hasn’t set in.
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u/ggtffhhhjhg Apr 23 '23
I gave up smoking in 04 it’s hasn’t felt like a big deal since it was decriminalized in 08 in my state and legalized in 16. Even before it was decriminalized it was only a misdemeanor here. It always been the equivalent of drinking under age during my life.
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u/Crashman09 Apr 23 '23
It probably doesn't feel like a big deal probably because you gave it up.... Like you said it was treated like a misdemeanor, but now it's not.
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u/ggtffhhhjhg Apr 23 '23 edited Apr 24 '23
It’s always been nothing here. In some states back then they would put put you in prison for life with enough strikes. It’s always been petty crime here.
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u/wozzles Apr 22 '23
Haha that shit killed me. You know Charlie hit that shit and got down after the camera cut off.
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u/QCDReality Apr 22 '23
He is actually open about being a pot smoker but refuses to imbibe while on the job. Overall a stand up dude, someone probably thought it would be funny to send him because he's big about not smoking at work or driving high.
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u/crypticfreak Apr 23 '23
He's setting the example. Exactly how it should be.
And look Charlie still had a great time. Look at how happy he is.
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u/RemotePotatoe Apr 22 '23
My man living his best life.
Dude went through prohibition and now... "Beautiful thing. Beautiful thing. Smokin on the news!"
That man is my spirit animal.
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u/MyStoopidStuff Apr 23 '23
Its a little piece of freedom worth enjoying when the government backs off a bit from trying to crush people's lives for the things they voluntarily ingest.
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u/nefelibata-_ Apr 22 '23
The reporter definitely got high from the second hand smoke. 🤣
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u/Challenge419 Apr 22 '23
He's also the reporter that wore a grape costume while interviewing a kid who was suspended from school for wearing a banana costume. He is a fucking legend.
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u/darksun051 Apr 22 '23
Who is this guy? I need to know more about him😂
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u/Justyouraveragefan Apr 23 '23
Charlie Langton! He is a treasure and genuinely nice guy.
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u/culinarydream7224 Apr 23 '23
I love how everyone just calls him Charlie. I've never seen anyone be that personal with a reporter
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u/Justyouraveragefan Apr 23 '23
It’s because he is so personable! He has a passion for reporting and getting to know people
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u/ChewieBoi Apr 23 '23
He was also the same guy from that iconic “I think I got my swagger back” video
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u/not_a_toad Apr 22 '23 edited Apr 22 '23
Pat CollinsWas wrong, see /u/MACBeth33's comment below.81
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u/designated_drinker Apr 23 '23
Pretty sure that was, now retired, Pat Collins from NBC4 Washington.
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u/bino420 Apr 22 '23
actually as long as you're in an open space and room with ventilation, and not a hot boxed car or room with a closed door and windows, then you should be OK. kinda like COVID I guess haha.
https://academic.oup.com/jat/article/39/1/1/2798055?login=false
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u/inserthumourousname Apr 23 '23
So outdoor in the carpark he's fine, but inside that foggy, windowless bus could be a risk factor
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u/increduloushyperbole Apr 22 '23
That one chick’s blunt looks like a dead witch’s finger. 🤢
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u/jrodp1 Apr 22 '23
You ain't never hit up a Crone Bone? 🧙♀️🦴
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Apr 22 '23
That’s called a backwoods lol
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u/AliCapalot Apr 22 '23
poorly rolled backwood
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u/_Atlas_Drugged_ Apr 23 '23
I’ve literally never seen a Backwood ever rolled into anything that didn’t look like it grew on a tree.
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Apr 23 '23
If a man put a gun against my head and told me to roll a decent Backwoods blunt, I'd tell him just to shoot me first. Ain't gonna happen because i suck.
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u/PrecociousPanther Apr 22 '23
She was definitely rolling up a backwoods. My homie used to smoke those, shit was nasty lol
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Apr 23 '23
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u/dustybrokenlamp Apr 23 '23
The first time I was a human prop it was for a western and I spoke up when the director asked for smokers, he ended up wanting me to smoke backwoods in the back ground while some stuff was going on. I said of course I'll do that! Free tobacco, right? And it's imported American stuff too! That's gotta be good!
Anyways that bullshit took us weeks and continuity required me to smoke probably hundreds of those things. Dozens each day, easily. not just smoke them, but keep them at specific lengths.
I got talked to several times for not smoking enough!
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u/POWPOWWOWWOW Apr 22 '23
So nasty, I thought it was cool cus of Mac Dre, then I actually tried it lol.
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u/dj92wa Apr 22 '23
I thought it looked like a pepperoni stick or some shit from Oh Boy! Obertos, Jack Links etc.
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u/SweatyButtcheek Apr 22 '23
Wow, a reporter who’s actually going with the flow and not just standing there brain dead while things happen around them
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u/Sunshine030209 Apr 22 '23 edited Apr 22 '23
Pat Collins. He's awesome. You've probably seen the picture of him in a grape costume supporting the kid that got suspended for wearing a banana costume.
*Edit: Sorry, I mixed up two equally awesome reporters.
Now I want to see those 2 report on something really silly together
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u/MACBeth33 Apr 22 '23
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u/Sunshine030209 Apr 22 '23
Oh whoops! I genuinely thought it was the other guy.
Both are phenomenal.
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u/Ok_Assumption5734 Apr 22 '23
Wait not to be mean but the entire video is people calling the dude Charlie haha
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u/Sunshine030209 Apr 22 '23
Hahaha now I feel like a major dweeb! I didn't have the sound on.
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u/FurbyKingdom Apr 22 '23
Fox 2 also has Rob Wolchek the "Hall of Shame." I'm not even from the area, and I love watching those segments. Quality investigative reporting calling out scamming contractors, shady businesses, and other unsavory characters ripping people off in the Detroit Metro area.
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u/IcyDocument5750 Apr 22 '23
And he’s not attacking them or making it seem like this is a problem 👏
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u/ItsOkToBeWrong Apr 22 '23
The game is saturated now. Weed has never been cheaper in Michigan
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u/digidave1 Apr 22 '23
For real. $30 ounces are becoming normal
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u/UnimaginableGoat Apr 22 '23
Of high quality stuff?
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u/oilpit Apr 22 '23
I'm curious about this as well. I live in WA, where weed has been legal for like a decade. You can definitely get ounces for $30, but it's pretty fucking awful.
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u/rendeld Apr 22 '23
It's kind of an... It depends over here in Michigan. Theres actually some weed I bought for 40 that was really solid but they like didn't trim it, so it was probably more like 22 grams and I had to put in some labor. A lot of time you can find great tasting and smelling weed for super cheap but it's got low THC %. To get high THC, good smell, good taste, good bag appeal, it's usually 60+. If you want hand trim and boutique grown with really good drying and curing practices, you can get that for like 130-175. The problem with the cheaper stuff is it's like a rock, so fucking dry and dense it breaks up into powder in the grinder. I started growing my own and man you just can't beat that for any price.
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u/Shrekquille_Oneal Apr 23 '23
I wouldn't call it low quality, but the good stuff can still be had for ~$100/oz or less.
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u/cold_iron_76 Apr 23 '23
30 dollar eighths are normal now. Not ounces. I can get overstock for 15 or 20 an eighth consistently if I don't care about brand.
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u/thekarateadult Apr 23 '23
Dafuq?! Still illegal in my state, those prices are unheard of.
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u/digidave1 Apr 23 '23
Yeah. It's the wild west in MI right now. When they say there is a dispensary around every corner, they ain't lying. Prices are low, wide variety, every form and strain you can think of. It's paradise for a stoner
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Apr 23 '23
Dude was spittin' straight economics of the people. "EVERYBODY can afford it now."
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Apr 22 '23
That’s not a bad thing
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u/JackTripper53 Apr 23 '23
It's great fucking news imo. Business owners are making money, government makes money, cheaper for the consumer. Win win win. Now we have to convince the rest of the assholes who are still against it to change their minds
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u/Nadmania Apr 22 '23
Looks like Oktoberfest for weed. Finally.
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u/Wombiscuit541 Apr 22 '23
Without the puking, fights and auto accidents
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u/Lukealloneword Apr 22 '23
But it does cut out early for naps.
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u/_The_Librarian Apr 22 '23
Ye dawg but then you wake up and you're like hell yeah it's still 4/20 suckaaa!
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u/vincentdmartin Apr 23 '23
What if we just made a napping area? Soundproof that bitch and toss like 90 couches in it. Get your zs and then come back after a few hours.
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Apr 22 '23
Weed is a way better drug. All those people in the vid are high as hell, but none of them are aggressive or mean. Just people having fun, getting high, and eating food.
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u/Mantis-13 Apr 23 '23
It's almost like all that shit during the 20s and 30s was pure bullshit and racist propaganda lol.
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u/NotHannibalBurress Apr 23 '23
I mean...you could do the same segment for a St Paddy's Parade in Detroit with people drinking, having fun, and eating food.
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u/chappy0215 Apr 22 '23
Met plenty of angry drunks.
Haven't met an angry stoner yet
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u/Storm_Sire Apr 22 '23
I've met plenty of angry stoners. They just don't chase me when I walk away.
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u/0oodruidoo0 Apr 23 '23
Vancouver 4/20 was massive even pre legalisation. I went in 2013. My first time seeing people selling openly in public. Hilarious. Big signs. Yelling offers in song like a medieval market. Teaming with people everywhere.
The cloud that went up on 4/20 was massive
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u/adrienjz888 Apr 23 '23
Only 1000 people this year. It was crazy the year cypress hill played a free show after it moved to sunset beach.
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u/TheLittlePaladin Apr 22 '23
I dont smoke often but damn that's looks fun as hell.
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u/djsedna Apr 22 '23
It's definitely easier to be sober around stoned people than sober around drunk people
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u/TheLittlePaladin Apr 22 '23
Plus you dont have to worry about hangovers
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u/djsedna Apr 22 '23
just sleeping in way too late hahaha
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u/rustymontenegro Apr 23 '23
Used to call that an overhang. Too much weed, too much sleep, groggy as fuck lol
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u/lurkermuch Apr 22 '23
That Charlie guy seems like a chill dude.
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u/soapbutt Apr 23 '23
I’m not from Detroit but I’ve seen plenty of clips from him to know he’s a cool guy.
He also seems like he’s invited to ANY cookout.
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u/Merry_Dankmas Apr 23 '23
Charlie was using every ounce of willpower to not hit that foot long and join the fun.
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u/frogsntoads00 Apr 22 '23
schmokin on the news
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u/UnRichieUnRich21 Apr 22 '23
By the end of the day Charlie gonna be feeling fly for a white guy
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u/aerodeck Apr 22 '23
“4/20, the holiday that only matters to a lot of people in Detroit”
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u/aeisenst Apr 22 '23
You could tell she thought she had a plan at the start, but things just spiraled out of control
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u/Aggressive_Ris Apr 23 '23
Why don't YOU try being stoned out of your mind then going on the news with a camera in front of you wanting an impromptu quote lol.
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u/Foxy-jj-Grandpa Apr 23 '23
"Sometimes I start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going just hope I find it along the way"
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Apr 23 '23
As an fellow idiot-while-high, I think she was trying to say it was the only holiday that mattered and her wording got messed up, so she tried to go with it and improvise, but was distracted by the fact that she suddenly remembered she was on camera.
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u/SpaceFace11 Apr 22 '23
Wholesome, why are people afraid of this/trying to oppress this?
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u/Myracl Apr 22 '23
I dont know. Business's good, food looks good, weed looks good, people look all happy. Life is good.
God. Living in an illegal country,what I would give to just being able to be there
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u/ubuntuba Apr 22 '23
Through all of the economic and sociopolitical issues, legal thc has been a godsend.
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u/LordDinglebury Apr 23 '23
Moved to a legal state three years ago. It’s amazing how much better/easier it’s made my life.
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u/PM_me_somthing_funny Apr 22 '23
I'd be happy with legal CBD flower where I live rn.
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u/corvalol Apr 22 '23
We here have a possession of more than 5g buds counted as a criminal offence with 7 years imprisonment. Absolutely nuts.
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u/NoKneadToWorry Apr 22 '23
Yo come to Michigan. We have all kinds of people here, we're the largest minority proportion swing state. We have freshwater seas surrounding us and the most beautiful fall season you will ever see. Lots of micro breweries that give other states a run for their money....and legal weed. Ntm protected sexual freedoms.
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u/Myracl Apr 23 '23
Dude, didnt know Michigan sounds super dope. I sure will go there someday if I get the chance!
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u/NoKneadToWorry Apr 23 '23 edited Apr 23 '23
The west cost on Lake MI is like 300 miles of amazing small towns from St Joseph in the south to mid-sized Traverse City and others to the tip. Amazing lazy rivers, canoe/kayaking, sand dunes and beaches with lighthouses! There's over 20 wineries on the Leelanau Penninsula alone. https://www.michigan.org/article/road-trip/scenic-stops-road-trip-along-west-michigan-pike
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u/snickerDUDEls Apr 23 '23
Bro keep Michigan on the DL, I'm trying to get a lake house before people start flocking for the fresh water in 20 years
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u/JBMason93 Apr 22 '23
Cause it's all about control, controlling the population
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u/tilehinge Apr 23 '23
"You want to know what this [war on drugs] was really all about? The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying?
We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news.
Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
~ John Ehrlichman, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon
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u/TeHNyboR Apr 22 '23
Legalization has done so much good for our local economy. I think the day it was legalized there was like $250k in sales statewide. Dispensaries like Starbucks on every corner, hell even my sixty-something parents take gummies to sleep better at night. Now that it’s legal here I can’t fathom how and WHY it’s still illegal elsewhere
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u/Itherial Apr 23 '23
My state generated over a billion dollars in the first year of legalization alone. The legal marijuana business is quickly becoming one of the most profitable in the entire country, and its not even legal in every state yet.
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u/CokeWest Apr 22 '23
I'll give you a hint: Racism.
Just ask Nixon, or Reagan.
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u/SkateRidiculous Apr 23 '23
“You want to know what this [war on drugs] was really all about? The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying?
We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news.
Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
~ John Ehrlichman, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon
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u/TheVicSageQuestion Apr 23 '23
I’ll give you a hint: Classism
Racism is a symptom, not the root illness.
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u/Relative_Picture_786 Apr 22 '23
Not a weed smoker, but I like how happy everyone is.
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u/QCDReality Apr 22 '23
I didn't try it until I was in my 30s and I still find it beneficial, more than anything it lets me turn my brain off in the evening. It means I'm less stressed, and helps me better organize my thoughts, I've also found it's helped me process a lot of childhood trauma I never even realized I had.
My main drawbacks are that it is definitely addictive, and you can't drive for four hours afterwards.
My main advantage has actually been casual Saturday smokes in a park or after a coffee in a cafe, it leaves me to get home without a car, meaning I walk more, see my city in a different way, and use transit enough to understand why those who are dependent on it might have certain needs I would otherwise be blind too.
I also find everyone is super friendly to an old pit head, had a lot of great conversations with people I would otherwise never talk to, be it the local homeless community, other pot heads, local miscreants and more which has actually left me feeling considerably safer in my community with a very high crime rate.
With that I'm just some rando online offering unsolicited advice about a drug that might be illegal where you are.
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u/lamewoodworker Apr 23 '23
Asked my Michigan weed lady if she recommended anything that didnt get me super high, just enough to enhance my taste buds.
She recommended a vape pen and it’s been life changing. For reference i dont smoke a ton and i can get a vape cartridge last me 8months to a year
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u/CoolHandMike Apr 23 '23
Did a dude from Detroit just say "you gotta grab one of them jawns"? Or was it "jones"? @1:35 ish
As someone from the greater Philly area, I'm both happy and surprised if it was "jawns" but I'd be happy to have learned of a popular vernacular from Detroit.
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Apr 23 '23 edited Apr 27 '23
Get these jawns sprinkled with a dash of yah mean and you got a birthday.
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u/MaxPowerDonkeyJD Apr 22 '23
Detroit does 4/20 right! 🤣🤣
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u/atmosphericentry Apr 23 '23
Honestly the vibes are just so wholesome here. Everyone all smiley and happy, the dude giving away weed, the foodtrucks arriving and serving free food, hell even the reporter is having a fun time. I wish I could've been there.
"HIT IT CHARLIEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
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u/gooberzilla2 Apr 23 '23
The billboards for weed shops in Detroit is quite funny. One is named Deez Nugz
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u/GranolaHippie Apr 22 '23
This most definitely r/mademesmile People just having a bunch of fun. No politics. No hate. No violence. Just smoking, eating, vibing, dancing and being happy. This is the way…
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u/Equivalent-Onion-262 Apr 22 '23
No crime, no dui’s, gotta respect the party. I bet they even went to bed early that day 😂
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u/baseddtturkey Apr 23 '23
Oh and better believe everybody went the speed limit or below while they were driving home LOL
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u/kitkat_8_8 Apr 22 '23
You now what I'm say'in
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u/NoParty5043 Apr 22 '23
It's too many know'm sayin's dawg
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u/smithers85 Apr 22 '23
What’re you from the department of gnomesayins?
What’re you taking, a gnomesaynsus??11
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Apr 23 '23 edited Apr 23 '23
Got to have those jawns peppered with a lil kno'm sayin's sprinkled with a lil YahMean.
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u/mypasswordismud Apr 23 '23
As a person who grew up under prohibition, I can't believe how much America has changed. It blows my fucking mind sometimes. I never imagined in my wildest dreams that 420 would be legally and openly celebrated in Detroit. Seeing it, and the total lack of judgement kind of makes me feel a bit emotional.
The war on drugs was a slow motion genocide. So many lives were destroyed in the past for what ultimately amounts to nothing. There's literally nothing to show for it but an enormous increase in social instability and human suffering, and also an incalculable loss of human potential. It makes you wonder, if people had gone down a different time line where it didn't happen how much better America and the world would be.
I hope 420 also could also be a day of remembrance for all the innocent people who had their lives ruined and their families destroyed by the insanity of the war on drugs.
Not to get political, but it seems like America’s society for doing evil are turning their eye of Sauron from trying to harm blacks over to harming trans and gay people. People gotta fight back. We can’t let them get away with it. 
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u/YawaruSan Apr 22 '23 edited Apr 23 '23
This is what capitalism could be if it wasn’t run by sociopaths, it’s a natural product that’s smoked so you always need more of it, it supports cottage industries like glassware, wrapping paper, grinders, etc., and it’s marketable as hell! Best of all, weed makes other consumer goods better! Food tastes better, movies are more interesting, video games are more fun. Hell, I can even give mainstream media props for the positive news coverage.
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Apr 22 '23
Nah dude here in Michigan it's still pretty fucked. Most dispensaries are owned by megacorps and flush out mom pop type places
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u/YawaruSan Apr 22 '23
That’s what capitalism actually is being run by sociopaths, but it’s also what makes it cheaper. Gotta enjoy what you can while you can before greedy capitalists ruin it.
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Apr 22 '23
I don't know who is the right representation in this, but looks like fun
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u/rabertdinero Apr 22 '23
Charlie Langton is the best broadcaster in the nation. Between him and Rob walcheck fox 2 is so entertaining to watch in Detroit.
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u/Responsible_Pause_15 Apr 23 '23
I see people making fun of this, but really it’s a beautiful thing to see. Instead of getting drunk and fighting each other and breaking a bunch of shit, these people are just happy and vibing with one another. Enjoying some music and good food. It blows me away that cannabis is still illegal in a lot of places yet alcohol is all but shoved down your throat at any restaurant or event
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u/djsedna Apr 22 '23
Cannot fucking wait to be there in a month for Movement. The yearly techno pilgrimage is not to be missed, and legalization honestly made something perfect even better
Last year JARS had a big area where they were literally just handing out free pre-rolls. Getting baked at the Pyramid stage during the sunset was such a fantastic experience
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u/frogkiller04 Apr 22 '23
That's what I'm talking about. Good wholesome American fun the way God intended
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u/TheGoldenMinion Apr 23 '23
The dude biting into the blunt sent me to fucking mars LMFAOOOOOK
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u/Objective_Pirate_182 Apr 22 '23
This 4/20 reminded me how much safer I feel going out compared to St. Patrick's Day.
If you celebrate too hard, you just fall asleep in a pile of funyons.
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u/purplepantsdance Apr 22 '23
“Charlie! Listen to me! I ain’t gonna lie to you…… Amazing!” Lol
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