Council passed recreational cannabis legislation, Initiative 71, which allows adults 21 and up to legally own up to two ounces of marijuana and grow up to two plants.
Once we finally secured parking after running into numerous blocked-off roads surrounding the event, we followed a stream of hundreds of people toward the main entrance.
With press tickets, we were allowed to bring in cameras, unlike other patrons.
As we walked through the tunnel separating the check-in gates from the festival, I felt like I was being transported into an alternate reality where cannabis laws weren’t a concern for most.
After sitting in on the Grow School presentation, we perused the seemingly endless lines of tents filled with the cannabis “exhibitors” situated in the middle of the grounds, featuring D.C.
But the few Metropolitan Police Department officers scattered around the event were essentially outnumbered, and most exhibitors were, excuse the pun, more blunt about their transactions than they normally would be in everyday operations.
I grabbed a hearty seafood gumbo that we ordered from one of the generic fair food stands was by far the most refreshing treat we found in the munchies zone.
Around 7 p.m.