Multiply 12 by 35 and you get Seems a bit of a stretch. And Dylan himself has never confirmed any link. The story that appears to hold the most water is The legend of the Waldos. According to Chris Conrad, curator of the Oaksterdam Cannabis Museum in Oakland, California, started as a secret code among high schoolers in the early s. For them, it was an ideal time: They were out of school but their parents still weren't home, giving them a window of unsupervised freedom.
They met at that time every day near a statue of Louis Pasteur, the scientist who pioneered pasteurization. CNN Money: 10 things to know about legal pot. The time became a code for them to use in front of their unsuspecting parents, and gradually spread from there -- possibly via Grateful Dead followers -- across California and beyond.
The lads, who referred to themselves informally as the Waldos because high school , would meet up each day at PM at a statue near their school. Once assembled at the appointed time and place, they set out en masse in search of the grass. The Waldos never found the legendary plot of woodland weed, but something even better came out of it all: The young men began using the number not as a time to meet and commence a search, but instead as a code word to refer to all things pot-related.
And there it may have stayed, a fond memory in the minds of a few gentlemen from California, perhaps even forgotten over time. Fortunately for the rest of us, one of the Waldos became associated with the Grateful Dead. During the subsequent years — this being the later s and s — the Grateful Dead spread the association between and marijuana across America.
The real tipping point coming in the year The magazine published the flyer in a issue and what had started as a code word among a few high school friends spread worldwide.
And our company is going to let everyone know about it. The event has steadily grown over the years, featuring big concerts from notable musicians like Snoop Dogg, Soja, and 2 Chainz, as well as a wide collection of marijuana businesses as sponsors. The Cannabis Cup is only one of many events, which also include comedy shows like Cheech and Chong , marijuana-friendly speed dating, and trade shows for glass pipes and bongs, offering businesses and celebrities various opportunities to push their products and brands.
To many legalizers, this is a sign of their success. But to some drug policy experts and legalizers, this is a cause for alarm. The big concern is that a big marijuana industry will, like the tobacco and alcohol industries, irresponsibly market its drug to kids or users who already consume the drug excessively — with little care for public health and safety over the desire for profits.
To this end, many drug policy experts see alcohol as a warning, not something to be admired and followed for other drugs. For decades, big alcohol has successfully lobbied lawmakers to block tax increases and regulations on alcohol, all while marketing its product as fun and sexy in television programs, such as the Super Bowl, that are viewed by millions of Americans, including children. Meanwhile, alcohol is linked to 88, deaths each year in the US.
All of that could prove bad for public health. Now, the situation almost certainly will not be as bad as alcohol, since alcohol is simply more dangerous than marijuana. Marijuana has never been definitively linked to any serious ailments — not deadly overdoses or lung disease.
Given this, the focus for drug policy experts tends to be the risk of addiction and overuse. But these risks are still risks. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding.
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