420 Idiocy in Arcata

you wish that was how the story went. first off 420 isn't even loosely based around that stupid story about SF stoners. and yes, most people do realize that it's Hitlers birthday, but i don't think that the asshole would appreciate a bunch of people smoking pot for him. your jokes on humboldt stoners are immature and a good show of why people do celebrate 4:20, for a sense of community when surrounded by narrow-minded people like you. happy 4:20

Yea i believe most people realize it is also hitler's birthday, but you dont see thousands of people standing around celebrating nazi beliefs, no you see thousands of peaceful potheads getting high.

If the police standing around the event didn't have a problem with it why should you?

If you dont like the nature of humboldt county, move the fuck out.

What is wrong with the festival? You make it seem as though all potheads are lazy, useless people.

I attend HSU full time and maintain a 4.0 GPA all while smoking marijuana regularly.

This gathering has nothing to do with hitler, though most folks seem to be aware, judging by many conversations I personally had on 4/20. If you would like a "legitimate" reason for the celebration, maybe we can say we were celebrating the full moon.

I don't know why you are trying to group hitler and marijuana together, maybe your family was torn apart by the nazi regime, maybe you are just an uninformed person, who knows.

The festival is one of the most laid back, friendly places I've ever been. You left home without food? Someone will help you out.. You ran out of marijuana? Someone will help you out... You need a ride across the state to get home? SOMEONE WILL HELP YOU OUT.

Doesn't seem like a bad thing to me..

Maybe you should try attending the festival with a neutral mindset before you write ridiculous articles on it.

its sad that there are people in the world that cant just be happy that some people have things that make them happy and believe in getting together and celebrating something that raises our spirits. if everyone smoked pot, we wouldnt have dumb fucks like you raining on our parades. enjoy your life, and whatever makes you happy. even if thats just writing on your computer and putting us all down. peace fucker.

If you can't get a 4.0 taking 12 units of "feel-good" liberal arts classes at academically pathetic Humboldt State than you are a moron. This 4:20 thing is just another sad spectacle in backward-minded Arcata. When I describe Arcata to others, I tell them to imagine an open-air psyche ward... Above is simply a picture of the patients taking their meds.
Also intersting to note that one can even see how much DEADLY CO2 is being released at this event...definietly not caring about global warming, are we?

Palmer is right, getting a 4.0 at HSU is about as tough as finding a dime bag in Humboldt County. There is a reason that less than 15% of HSU graduates actually wind up with jobs in their field of study. The world can only employ so many pot smokers with BA's in "Social Science".

The origin of 4:20 has been disputed and critized and defended too many times. its played out.

Plus, nobody there cared about whether it was 420 or 560 or 666

its more about the pot.

Christmas isnt about jesus, its about presents and having tree's inside. thats why its cool, Thats why its celebrated.

dont hate, celebrate

lolol@u

weed is great medically and when used as a recreational tool, hell I use it ritualistically. However, I do find the concept of a bunch of "stoners" gathering to celebrate to be pretentious, pointless, and kind of lame. The pot culture of today AND the hippie culture of today has gradually evolved into nothing more than a pathetic excuse for a group of people who lack any sense of being an individual to relate and bond with each other. I suppose it is fun if you are really someone who does not truly know his/herself.

right on John, you nailed it. pot is fine, fun to smoke, good medicine, etc, etc, but seriously, you fucking stoners need to get over yourselves. Everyone smokes it now, this isn't the 60s anymore, and it's dumb to gather in a big hippy fest and light up for "420". seriously, high school is over, grow up and get a fucking job.

it's actually true, riley:
http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp

is it just me or does humcounty news need a new editor. whoever wrote this can lick my hairy balls!

is it just me or does humcounty news need a new editor. whoever wrote this can lick my hairy balls!

It sounds very slanted and bitter, whats your hangup, writer? Does 'pot' hit a nerve?
CC
San Diego,CA

Hi CC, we write this blog, and we are aware that many of our readers do not like the content. So be it. After living here for many years and watching the area get progressively worse since 1996 (when 215 was passed), we are definitely anti-crime, especially when it comes to greed and the ugliness surrounding the marijuana industry in Humboldt County.

Compassionate use is a good thing, and we fully support the two or three dispensaries that are actually here to serve sick people in need of compassionate medications as they suffer through their very devastating illnesses. But seeing so many "dreadies" and young people move here just to grow weed for profit in the last decade has definitely pushed us to write this blog in order to let readers out there know that Humboldt County isn't all about growing weed. There used to be families here, we used to have better schools, children used to play in their neighborhoods in the summertime. Now if you try to find a place for your family to live you have to compete with scores of 20-somethings all trying to find another house to "blow up" so they can expand their pot growing operations. We have known too many people driven by greed who rent out multiple houses and grow weed in them, just to cash in and never pay taxes, never give anything back to the community.

We have had enough. And we are not alone. There may be a lot of newcomers here renting up all the houses and ruining the environment for future generations (running 8000 watts of lights 12 hours a day gives a residence a mighty big carbon footprint), but they are the outsiders. They are wrong, and they will be removed.

Be aware that compassionate use is a good thing, we don't want to remove that. But the law was not written well, and now it's getting trampled upon by so many greedy criminals. Don't worry, we aren't on the horn to the feds, but we are positive that lots of old timers have already reported hundreds of local growers, and more will come. And even if the feds don't help us out, we'll clean this place up eventually. Shoot, the way things are going now, growers will just burn down all their grow houses and solve the problem for us!

as a dedicated pt smoker i think who ever wrote this article needs to be hit with some knowledge!ofcourse we know its adolf hitlers bday but u jus make a big deal out of it..its OUR holiday and u jus find it pointless because we love it

I like Arcata

as an out of towner planning on moving to Arcata it is interesting to listen to this debate. i think that its fine that stoner's celebrate one day out of the year together. if they were trying to create more holidays for themselves I might be worried. and after being in Santa Barbara for holloween, i cant look at this picture and condemn anything. this is probably as peaceful and mellow as any gathering has ever been.

Don't be so pissy.

you wouldnt know the first fuckin thing about 420 you fuckin moron. No one knows how it started, and we all know about the hitler bullshit. what we care about is that it is a gathering of all of the ganja burning homies in the country and it brings out the best in all of us. Just because you have a fuckin stick up your ass doesnt make it ok for you to dis our culture. 420 forever

I was here and it was one of the best days ive had this year! I noticed the resentment the author has for 20 somethings in hoodies and pick up trucks, well guess what cock sucker Im 21 years old, got my own 4 bedroom house, I own a Chevy Pickup truck and a custom 1963 dodge 440 fully restored with red candy paint! I got a wave runner, a 4 wheeler, and I could buy a small house with the jewelry I own! go make sumthing out of your life before you die a bitter old man who jacks off and post bias blogs all day, oh yeah my girlfriend says high! i can make in a week what you make in a year... so thats why u hate, huh?