What 4/20 means to me: For pot critic, it’s all about camaraderie

By , The Cannabist Staff

My first 4/20 and my last 4/20 have little in common. In 1999, I was a relative novice who had pitched in with a couple of friends to get an eighth of brick weed, then rolled up a couple of Swisher Sweets cigarillos to smoke with 20 or so classmates at Bever Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 2014, I was standing atop a three-story structure erected at the U.S. High Times Cannabis Cup in Denver, watching thousands of people puff in unison after taking a dab of Grape Stomper shatter below. Both times, though, were about one thing: being with friends.

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