November 7th, 2018 at 5:35 PM ^
It'll just get bigger...
November 7th, 2018 at 9:47 PM ^
Austin, Texas, on Barton Springs at Lamar. Recognize the sign, guy, and wall in the background.
November 7th, 2018 at 5:37 PM ^
Hash Bash will just become an everyday occurrence ?
November 8th, 2018 at 3:16 AM ^
i remember reviving the Hash Bash in 1984. The Young Republicans were taking over the campus and it had all but disappeared. Me and about 10 dorm mates from Bursley roped ourselves together and spent the day blazing up on the Diag. By the time I graduated in '88, its resurgence was well underway and the YRs campus reign was in decline.
Cool story Bro, right?
November 8th, 2018 at 9:07 AM ^
Please tell me you roped yourself together BEFORE boarding the bus to Central Campus. Because that would make the story even cooler.
November 9th, 2018 at 3:00 AM ^
I was there in ‘84 and was Bursley 7th Doug. Agree HB was nearly dead then, mostly rumors of days past... gathering downwind of the City’s incinerator flush with the spoils of the $5 tickets. We all understood...
November 17th, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
I was on 4th Doug. Had a good friend from Jersey on 7th. Is that you, Izzy, and do you still carry a baseball bat in your Sentra?!
November 7th, 2018 at 5:38 PM ^
Hopefully it will go away forever and the pajama wearing, neck beards from Ypsi will just stay home instead of invading AA for the day.
And before the stoner Nazis come for me, I voted for legalizing recreational marijuana - the hash bash crowd is just horrific.
November 7th, 2018 at 5:56 PM ^
I agree, being in Ann Arbor for Hash Bash is disgusting. It's a gathering of white trash stoners who collectively bring down the city's IQ by a large amount for the day
November 7th, 2018 at 5:57 PM ^
So Spartans.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:33 PM ^
Lol, my drink out the nose. Again
November 7th, 2018 at 7:23 PM ^
You should get that checked out...
November 7th, 2018 at 6:40 PM ^
I said Ypsi not Jackson. We’re talking the “dropped out of EMU after they wouldn’t accept ‘Porn Video Game Developer’ as a major” crowd.
November 8th, 2018 at 7:06 AM ^
Fuck. No point in my applying to EMU then.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^
Wasn't there a recruit who visited on the same day as hash bash and we ended up getting dropped because of it?
November 7th, 2018 at 6:19 PM ^
I definitely remember the story...can’t remember the specific kid, but if that were your first impression of the city you’d drop us too.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:29 PM ^
Kelly Baraka? Oh wait, maybe I have that mixed up.
November 7th, 2018 at 9:19 PM ^
Brian Cole? Oh never mind you said dropped.
November 7th, 2018 at 11:03 PM ^
It was that Square Spielman
November 7th, 2018 at 10:21 PM ^
I’m M88, MLaw91 and pro legalization. During my A2 days HB was a much smaller deal than in recent years — at least as I can tell from the Left Coast in photo coverage of HB.
During my day MJ was not nearly as prominent as today, so the smaller HB was appreciated for the dialogue it fostered by questioning the legitimacy of prohibition.
I’m now several years into Oregon’s legalization (and three teen daughters), and am incredibly surprised to say that the results here are mixed.
First, disclosure, I use MJ regularly, but not daily. The quality is outstanding and the cost VERY low. Negative effects seem to be less than ETOH overall.
Here’s my experience in Oregon:
1. MJ is everywhere. Hard to walk down the street and not see dispensaries incessantly and smell use going on EVERYWHERE. Maybe we got it wrong and made it TOO available. Taxes are TOO low for sure.
2. There are too many deniers about the harmful effects. Yes, much, much, much less than virtually every other drug out there, but there is a legion of HEAVY users that are checked out of life. Maybe that’s a good thing, I don’t think it is. I’m a criminal defense lawyer. I rarely, even before legalization, saw straight MJ cases except for grows and major importers. Now I see less, way less. That’s a good thing. Instead I see clients who are HEAVY users and make bad choices, no jobs, WAY too much screen time, sitting around becoming disfunctional people. Immature. Socially delayed. Often sexually disfunctional. Good thing, I don’t think it is.
3. It’s a lot harder raising kids after legalization. I shoot straight w/mine, tell them they have choices, and the best choice is to wait until your (mid) 20s when your brain has a reasonable chance of maturing (I didn’t, but there was a lot less pot back then so I was a rare user in HS and only occasional at M).
4. The science is pot, in an immature brain, does contribute to social deficits and delays maturation. Many never catch up.
Science also is that for the rare person who is predisposed to schizophrenia, pot can usher the onset. That’s straight from a published researcher at a respected university who incidentally I used to occasionally smoke pot with in law school. It’s rare, but happens.
I’m still very pro legalization, but not entirely thrilled w/the Oregon experiment. Frankly, I’m tired of hearing about it on the news and smelling it all day.
I’d rather just take an occasional pull off my pen, chill. Pay higher taxes on pot to fund education.
Hope it goes better in M.
November 8th, 2018 at 6:53 AM ^
there is a lot of wisdom in this post. very well put.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
2. There are too many deniers about the harmful effects. Yes, much, much, much less than virtually every other drug out there, but there is a legion of HEAVY users that are checked out of life. Maybe that’s a good thing, I don’t think it is. I’m a criminal defense lawyer. I rarely, even before legalization, saw straight MJ cases except for grows and major importers. Now I see less, way less. That’s a good thing. Instead I see clients who are HEAVY users and make bad choices, no jobs, WAY too much screen time, sitting around becoming disfunctional people. Immature. Socially delayed. Often sexually disfunctional. Good thing, I don’t think it is.
3. It’s a lot harder raising kids after legalization. I shoot straight w/mine, tell them they have choices, and the best choice is to wait until your (mid) 20s when your brain has a reasonable chance of maturing (I didn’t, but there was a lot less pot back then so I was a rare user in HS and only occasional at M).
4. The science is pot, in an immature brain, does contribute to social deficits and delays maturation. Many never catch up.
Good post, these are things nobody wants to talk about. I'd go further to say that, while we know for certain some consequences of early and regular use of marijuana, we don't know all the consequences, as prohibition has limited the studies on the health effects relative to legal vices like alcohol and tobacco. Anybody who brings up the very real negative health consequences of weed immediately gets hit with the "but alcohol!!1!"
Yes, I support your right to smoke whatever you want. Yes, if you use it regularly, especially before your brain is done developing, you're going to suffer consequences.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:36 PM ^
I upvoted just for "stoner Nazis" - I don't think I've ever seen or considered those two words being used together!
November 7th, 2018 at 6:39 PM ^
The internet stoners are vicious creatures who hunt in packs, waiting for an unsuspecting victim to slip up and say something slightly negative about weed.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:43 PM ^
Yes. They come in and leave garbage everywhere. It sucks.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:53 PM ^
Yeah, Hash Bash was the same day as the spring game a couple of years ago. My parents were in town that weekend and wanted to go. That was an unfortunate Saturday. Hash Bash is so far from impression I'm aiming for when showing off Ann Arbor.
November 7th, 2018 at 7:18 PM ^
Agreed
November 7th, 2018 at 5:39 PM ^
The exact same events still happen in Colorado, but now they have permits, pay taxes, sell tickets, hire security and email you incessantly with drip campaigns.
November 7th, 2018 at 5:46 PM ^
More hash, less bash.
November 7th, 2018 at 5:49 PM ^
Maybe they can take it up a level - how about changing it to the the Blow Blast.
Will attract a more active and aware crowd, for certain...
November 7th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
Don't they already have that event every weekend in Miami Beach?
November 7th, 2018 at 6:01 PM ^
The Heroine Hoedown?
Plenty of denim, ten gallon hats, banjos, and brown sugar.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:24 PM ^
Meth Madness! Fill out your brackets for you favorite meth cook!
November 7th, 2018 at 6:42 PM ^
Well you’re a Kentucky basketball fan now
November 7th, 2018 at 6:48 PM ^
I assume many meths were used after last night’s beat down to Duke.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:52 PM ^
I work with a Kentucky fan who today said the sentence “I gotta throw in a dip, I’m dragging after staying up for that Duke whooping”. Chewing tobacco: not meth, but it’ll do for now.
November 7th, 2018 at 5:49 PM ^
It's still federally illegal, there's still plenty for NORML to do
November 7th, 2018 at 5:52 PM ^
Doesn’t the N in NORML stand for “national?” I think they have a ways to go yet.
November 7th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
Probably nothing. There are wine and beer festivals even though alcohol is legal
November 7th, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^
It's probably going to go up in smoke
November 7th, 2018 at 7:21 PM ^
+1 underrated
November 7th, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^
Serious question - is hashish also now legal in Michigan? It's made from cannabis...it is some serious shit.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:27 PM ^
Our law doesn't address hashish directly, it was written vaguely to include marijuana and marijuana edibles. The proposal really just laid the groundwork, the actual rules haven't been written. But in general, you're allowed to grow 12 plants, possess up to 10 ounces on your property, anything over 2.5 must be locked up in your residence.
Most of the law was written to corporatize and tax the profits
There's lots of work to be done.
November 7th, 2018 at 6:07 PM ^
It will go....
Favorite C&C movie, Nice Dreams was second.
November 7th, 2018 at 7:51 PM ^
next movie has to be in there somewhere.
November 7th, 2018 at 8:46 PM ^
Dave's not here, man.