It was a blast. Monroe street fair is packed. Up at burgerfi ordering a burger.

Mad amount of people! Good meeting @ohthatguy8 and seeing @MrG and @Goodsen Cranium again too. I flaoted outta there those super doobies of Rebel Og did it.

Man I wish I could have caught with you guys! I was chillin' & shmokin' doobs for about two hours with John Sinclair, Capt. Kirk, and their crew at that bar on Monroe St. behind the stage ......Mr. Sinclair gave me a wink and a thumbs up after he lit up my Stardawg F2, Motorbreath, and OG#18 x '91 Va. aka Capt. Kirk, a cross @leafdoctor1 named in honor of his pal ....who makes some helluva concentrates & medibles I might add, I was so baked off eating and smoking weed and hash that when I got home I crashed till my lights came on lol .....felt good to be in the mix of so many smokers, I believe half Ann Arbor caught a contact off the smoke!!!

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Man I wish I could have caught with you guys! I was chillin' & shmokin' doobs for about two hours with John Sinclair, Capt. Kirk, and their crew at that bar on Monroe St. behind the stage ......Mr. Sinclair gave me a wink and a thumbs up after he lit up my Stardawg F2, Motorbreath, and OG#18 x '91 Va. aka Capt. Kirk, a cross @leafdoctor1 named in honor of his pal ....who makes some helluva concentrates & medibles I might add, I was so baked off eating and smoking weed and hash that when I got home I crashed till my lights came on lol .....felt good to be in the mix of so many smokers, I believe half Ann Arbor caught a contact off the smoke!!!

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I was looking for ya bro I sent ya a text but I dont think it worked. Sounds like you had a good time like the rest of us. We're gonna have start getting our own farmer's spot hooked up for these events. I dont think Ive seen that many people at the bash before it was packed. The Diag was smoked out too! I didnt see anybody get hauled off. Events like this show that we are getting there. Guess I better start planning for the Cup in Flint!:D

Missed everyone but man I think it was more packed this year then last. Myself I stayed in that bar with the patio blazing the whole time. Lol.

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Missed everyone but man I think it was more packed this year then last. Myself I stayed in that bar with the patio blazing the whole time. Lol.

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I was saying the same thing. MUCH more crowded. You had a primo spot. Figured getting into that bar would have been impossible. Trying to navigate Monroe Street was a bit much...:banghead: Would've been cool to meet.

Thanks for the Bash history, btw, @BudMuncher.

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Missed everyone but man I think it was more packed this year then last. Myself I stayed in that bar with the patio blazing the whole time. Lol.

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I should of texted ya bro I didnt think you was going from that post. That place was packed. The patio is a cool place to chill they got some decent food too. We did that one year before med was legal and the Monroe party wasnt so big but it did get packed in there. I remember a cpl times when the cops rushed up into that place to bust people. A lot more relaxed these days atleast in AnnArbor.

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I was saying the same thing. MUCH more crowded. You had a primo spot. Figured getting into that bar would have been impossible. Trying to navigate Monroe Street was a bit much...:banghead: Would've been cool to meet.

Thanks for the Bash history, btw, @BudMuncher.

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When we were leaving there was just masses of people heading back that way. Had to be 7 - 10,000 before it was over maybe more. I wish I was young and in college up there. What it would be like enjoying this time at that age.Good times for sure!

@ohthatguy8
That was Vally G right? I just finished a fatty and I loved it! Thanks for the sample

Yes sir that's her

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That was Vally G right? I just finished a fatty and I loved it! Thanks for the sample

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Dwc it is @Andy Genesis lucas feeding schedule with great white once n a while

I started thinking the same thing Munch, hubba hubba, if I was still around 20ish - early 30's I'd have been a cock hound cause of all the beautiful women I saw in Ann Arbor yesterday .....and they're healthy chicks too lol, jogging those hills and all!!! Some of those gals were really hot :woot: but young enough to be my daughter!
Me and Leaf were right there @rawman on the lower patio of the bar....I got pissed a couple times from some of the peeps flicking roaches off that balcony but on 2nd thought I just decided to move instead .......great times!


And according to our governments bs "reefer madness" propaganda us "potheads" should have been violently attacking each other and laughing hysterically lol, farthest thing from it and I actually didn't see much of a police presence at all this year .....wish more cities would follow AA model

It was a fun year for sure. Number one thing i noticed was the no cops. Of course i missed the diag but overall i only saw two.

I am bummed last minute family commitments took me out of state over the weekend. sounds like everyone had a good time and that is what matters. NEXT year I 2 shall make it. all ready on calendar, think I'll put a jar down now 4 then. Peace to all...

Glad to hear everyone had a good time... Too bad I missed the hounding opportunity @symbiote420 lol....

Hope everyone is gonna head up to falint for the hhtc should be good times!

Hash Bash Drone!

The hash bash drone is DOPE! I was standing right there when they said look up there's a drone above. A friendly drone indeed, that was a great way to do a video.

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A man holds up a sign advocating the legalization of marijuana at the 43rd annual Hash Bash on the University of Michigan Diag Saturday, April 5. Brianne Bowen | The Ann Arbor News
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The dozen or so marijuana activists at the 43rd Hash Bash held on the University of Michigan’s Diag Saturday spoke to a crowd of around 8,000 about their higher aims and purposes.

They talked about freedom, politics and the police state and rallied for the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana. There was only one arrest, according to University of Michigan police, despite a crowd more than double last year’s 3,000.

The rally was kicked off by 1960s counterculture icon John Sinclair who reminisced about being at the Hash Bash in 1972. The goals now are the same as the goals then, he said.

“It’s all about getting high, playing music, making art and getting your head where the powers that be don’t want (it) to be … up their ass,” he said.

Speakers like Iraq War veteran Dakota Serna, of Lansing, also took to the steps of the Hatcher Graduate Library to talk about the benefits of cannabis.

Serna joined the Marines straight out of high school in 2003 and in a year was on the front line of a military operation in the Al Abar region of Iraq. He was injured twice by friendly fire, but those wounds weren’t as painful as the mental scars he brought home with him.

“I definitely saw a lot of gruesome things and watched a lot of good friends die,” said the veteran who now sports a bushy beard and bandana. “Reliving that every night just got too much for me. I had to find something.”

The antipsychotics and antidepressants they gave him at the veterans hospital for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder made him sick and suicidal.

“It got to a point where I needed to try something else,” he said.

Around 2009, a friend handed him a joint.

“I felt so much better after and I never looked back,” he said. “I’m living proof. It saved my life.

Serna helped score a victory for fellow sufferers of PTSD a month ago when it was added to the list of ailments doctors can prescribe medical marijuana. Serna said he testified in front of the state medical board to advocate for it.

The crowd Serna and others addressed was just as colorful as other Hash Bashes. Marijuana smoke puffed up from the groups of people as they passed joints, despite being warned by organizers they could be ticketed. They carried signs that read, “Free the weed” and “Legalize it.”

Hash Bash 2014Thousands gathered at the University of Michigan's Diag for the 43rd Hash Bash.




Ralph Worick, of Kalamazoo, was flying a green and white flag with a marijuana leaf where the stars would be on the American flag. Worick, who said he’s been smoking since he was 11, said it’s his flag for the “United States of Euphoria.”

Worick has been coming to the Hash Bash since 1976.

“I have an accounting degree from Western. I have kids, but it’s my life. I have to be honest about it,” he said about his marijuana advocacy. “Free the plant. And free everyone in jail. And get rid of their records.”

The crowd was filled with plenty of younger people like Max Madigan, of Farmington Hills, who has come four years in a row now.

“I just come to listen to the speakers. It’s a chill event with cool people,” he said. “There’s nothing bad about it.”

Courtney Marks, from Corunna, said this her third time coming out.

“It’s a great environment to be in,” she said, adding that what she likes most about the event is “being able to walk around and smoke your cigaweed and being to be around everyone else who enjoys it as well.”

Politicians were also on hand to talk about various marijuana legislation. Ann Arbor city councilperson and mayor hopeful Sabra Briere was on hand to talk about how the city has been a leader in reforming marijuana laws.

“What got me engaged in this wasn’t medical marijuana, it’s fairness,” she said. “It’s equity. I want rules that make sense, that are easy to follow and that are fair to everybody.”

State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) talked about a bill making it’s way through Lansing that would make all of Michigan like Ann Arbor where anyone with an ounce or less of marijuana would get a $25 ticket.

“Make it statewide,” he said. “Make sure we stop wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year on … arresting and incarcerating marijuana users, and redirect those resources to fixing our schools and fixing our roads and building our economy.”

State Rep. Mike Callton (R-Nashville) has a different bill passed in the House by 95-14 that would establish medical marijuana on the state law books. The bill heads to the Senate where, if it passes, it would need to be signed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

“I hear the governor is from Ann Arbor. Maybe that will help,” he said.

John Counts covers crime and breaking news for The Ann Arbor News. He can be reached at johncounts@mlive.com or you can follow him on Twitter. Find all Washtenaw County crime stories here.