About 1,000 students gathered at Porter Meadow on the UCSC campus yesterday to mark 4/20 with bongs and brownies. It was about half the crowd that attended last year’s event. Comedy Central was there, filming a new episode for its program, “This Show Will Get You High.” Conspicuously absent were the anti-marijuana activists who showed up last year. Perhaps they had a change of heart, or perhaps they were afraid of getting caught in the cloud of smoke that rose from the Meadow at exactly 4:20 pm.
The university did not support the event and encouraged students to avoid it. This year, however, the pot-fest took on extra meaning as California prepares to vote on whether to legalize the possession, sale and growth marijuana, leaving regulation to the various municipalities. On the other hand, most students admitted that legalization would hardly make a dent on their own marijuana usage since it is already so easy to get. Read more at the Santa Cruz Sentinel.l.
Local Students Gather for 4/20 Event
A 2008 photo shows a sunny, crowded 4/20 celebration. Photo by Steve Hahn.
