Smokeout Festival 2010

Smokeout Festival 2010, Rappers Cypress Hill pulled off a coup at their next festival smokeout in California – the owners of a medical marijuana dispensary will operate on the site.

The group will be on stage next to MGMT, Incubus and Erykah Badu, among others, the event in San Bernardino on Saturday (October 16), but the music will not be the main talking point.

“Peace in the pattern of Medicine received approval to sell pot on the spot. Promoter Chang Weisberg tells Spinner.com he is convinced of its festival will pave the way for all the great musical events become marijuana sites of the environment “.

He said: “It is not too far from the future right now where you will see the head of 21-and-more use of medical marijuana. If we can leverage this industry in particular, be a positive advocate and help create policies, this change could have a substantial impact on my business. This means it will have a significant impact for musicians as well. ”

“We see on-site consumption in smokeout as a major step towards the protection and empowerment of patients’ rights. It happens too much where patients are often tempered with and arrested for possession of less than an ounce of medicine. Here in smokeout, our fans can exercise their rights without fear or intimidation. By having the consumer security and humanitarian smokeout, we hope to create a viable precedent for music festivals and community. We hope it inspires others to take this step and advance the movement. ”

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