Trippy: Washington up in smoke

For some of you recreational smokers that enjoy traveling, you may want to consider taking a weekend trip to the State of Washington.

(CNN) — The crowd at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle began counting down as midnight approached. It wasn’t New Year’s Day they were anticipating, but the moment that marijuana would become legal in Washington state.
As midnight hit, smokers hit their pipes and joints to celebrate.

Technically, what they were doing — smoking marijuana in public — was still a crime, but police looked the other way.

“It’s amazing. I’m not a criminal anymore,” one pot smoker said. “I can’t go to jail for small amounts of marijuana. I’m free to be free.”

But a legal haze still engulfed pot smokers Thursday, when possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults become legal, though growing and selling it remains a crime.

Initiative 502, passed last month by Washington voters, legalized recreational marijuana use starting December 6, but it will take a year before there are rules for growing and selling it.

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On another note, over the other side of the pond in Amsterdam, Chris Brown shows Washington that he can smoke just as good as they can in Amsterdam! Must we tell you what goes down in Amsterdam? Thought so!