420 2008 university of colorado, boulder. norlin quad
June 18th, 2010 | 
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apparently 10000+ people showed up this year, good times Rocky Mountain News – It was a warmer-than-average, sunny day in Boulder on Sunday. And around 4:20 pm on the University of Colorado campus, the sky grew unusually hazy. Cheers erupted along with a heavy cloud of smoke as an estimated 10000 people – mostly CU students joined by friends from out of town and some local residents – lit up to celebrate at an annual pot-smoking rally. Some said they were there to advocate for the legalization of marijuana. Others – including some who came just to watch – said it was all for fun. “It’s like, why do people drink beer on St. Patrick’s Day?” said a 22-year-old “super senior” who didn’t want to give his name. “It’s a holiday. Like the Fourth of July.” The number 420 is slang for marijuana. Across the country each year, pro-pot rallies are held on April 20 or 4/20. Though there were events all day long on the CU campus, from an art display to live bands, the students chose 4:20 pm for the massive smoke-up at Norlin Quadrangle. A few guys played drums. Some girls danced. Beach balls and Frisbees flew through the air. CU police monitored the gathering, with 15 campus officers and six Boulder County sheriff’s deputies stationed around the perimeter and directing traffic. According to a news release, the focus was to “maintain a safe environment and discourage potentially hazardous activities.” No citations were issued and there were no arrests, although there were four medical …
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WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE ? YOU DON’T SEE NOBODY FIGHTING LIKE WHEN PEOPLE DRINK BEER .WHAT YOU SEE THERE ALL CALM CUZ THERE HIGH THAT’S WHAT WEED DO.YOU DON’T WANT TO BE FIGHTING THAT’S WHAT I THINK
retard i understand it’s 420 that brings people together but no one would be there if there was no ganja around you know it and i know it and who areyou trying to impress with your intelligence me or yourself go back down to the basement and keep jerking off you dad
@alijacar you are fucking stupid…i smoke mad weed and have been more intelligent since i was six in replay to your post above and it doesnt take weed to bring people together its fucking 420 thats just what you do.
@tillwalley hey, be nice.
i also do believe pots addictive even though know one ever admits to it i love smart stoners with an iq of more that 99 they are a rare bunch
dude im all for pot i want to grow it legally in cali but why does it take pot to bring people together why cant they have the will to do it sober because if they were sober it would be boring and pot kills bordem away even if your doing nothing whatsoever
on 420 dis year i had like 30grams of maroccan black hasj, it was beautiful<333 fuck off all you pot haters, im tired of beeing stereotyped as a drug addict because of something that does no harm.
shut the hell up tomgrantsusa these kids are not doing anything wrong its a peaceful rally all about bringing people together in celebration go cry so where else the boulder stoners are not stopping or slowing down for anyone!
@tomgrantusa Light(en) up. You don’t know how any of these people really are. Yeah, some might smoke all day every day, but others are probably just doing it cause it’s 4/20 and they’re in BOULDER, Co. You should be fine with people living however they want. We don’t have much time on this piece of shit planet, so we should be able to spend our time doing whatever we please. There are so many more harmful things around us, this should be the least of your worries. (I don’t smoke anymore.)
I went to CU and, certainly, smoked when I was there, but I don’t like to see this. These kids are fools. they’re hurting the reputation of the University and their potential future. Most of them may not develop a problem with pot, but many may be surprised that 20 years go by and they’re still smoking.
well indica chills em out sativa will have everyone tripping balls especially good pure sativa
Man that looks fun, too bad nothing like this will ever happen in Utah….
<3 That canadian bud. Happy 420!
i wish i could go today
happy 420
i wanna go to colorado i hear great things. this is a cool vid everyone is just chillin being so peaceful. why do lawmakers wanna make weed illegal when all it does is chill people out. i wish i could make all the angry weed haters smoke so they could chill out too hahaha
@alijacar ya we get high everyday, but the point of 4/20 is to have an entire day dedicated to weed
Weed is safer for you than coffee.
@alijacar haha, damn. that’s fucked
i read that lawmakers are gonna use thw younger society as a defense once they legalize in cali in that they are gonna prove that all these young kids are gonna be going high to work and school and they just gonna be lazy i actually read that bullshit
@Dllshockk yeah they’re voting for that shit nov. 2, hopefully it turns out the way it should.
@TheSupramobber420 in California we get a tiny ticket and it’ll probably be legalized next year? u mad? ;0
i read on a blog that its all the free spirits and the beautiful scenery that makes smoking in colorado awesome not that they have better weed weed is weed one love we smoke it to get high and forget about are sucky lives
dude the found drug tunnels in the rio grande valley that lead to colorado and canada everone homegrows there hydroponics but lots of stoners buy alot of weed sometimes its cheaper plus if it were only weed for texas do you think tgey would kill all those innocent people know its the drug cartels who get rich off of weed they sell good stuff to retard they know americas youth is addicted to cannabis so they need to capitalize hence all the killings are a message to stay out of there way
Why toking in colorado is better than toking in texas: homegrown bud. We aint starting drug wars here baby, peace and love boulder
still looks like crazy fun times and it gets me excited to watch the medical marijuana south park episode on wendsday on comedy central fyi watch it stoners