University Tries To Curb Pot Festival

[Ganjarden]

The University of California at Santa Cruz is seeking parental help to stop its unofficial annual marijuana festival.

University officials have asked parents of all freshmen in an e-mail to talk to their sons and daughters about drugs, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported Tuesday. Felicia McGinty, vice chancellor of student affairs, also said the university will ban overnight guests from Friday, April 18, to Monday, April 20, the day the festival usually takes place.

In previous years, the "4/20" festival has attracted thousands of people to Potter Field on campus, smoking so much marijuana that a haze forms over the area. Many of the participants have been university students, but a lot have come from off campus.

The university said bus service to the campus will be curtailed April 20 and illegally parked cars will be towed, measures that have done little to stop the festival in the past.

"I encourage you to talk with your student about his or her plans for 4/20," McGinty said in the e-mail to parents. "Ask direct questions about the choices they make and express your expectations regarding marijuana, alcohol or other drug use."


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[TorturedSoul]

Originally Posted by Ganjarden

"I encourage you to talk with your student about his or her plans for 4/20," McGinty said in the e-mail to parents. "Ask direct questions about the choices they make and express your expectations regarding marijuana, alcohol or other drug use."

And when discussing such things with your child, please keep an open mind so that you can be properly educated. After all, they ARE in college.

[chancedebris]

and be sure and save some for the faculty!
I wish I could be there---just to take air quality samples, of course!

[merickson]

Before condeming the University too much, I'd want to know how many (extra) people are on campus that day and what provisions (e.g. how many porta-potties) did the organizers (?) make to accomidate the influx.

[Weed420]

The college should be reinforcing independent thought rather than trying to curb it. Thats what colleges are supposed to be for.

[chancedebris]

I joke about air samples and someone brings up port a potties L.M.A.O.
I think I'll name my traveling case "Port-a-Pottie"

[merickson]

I'm invovlved in organizing the Whole Earth Festival and am deep in that mode. (UC Davis, May8,9,10 Free)

IMO, crowds (even friendly ones) over 1,000 need someone to take responsibility for providing for that crowd. And cleaning up afterwards.