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Burning Man 2017 – Inside insane festival where 70,000 crazy party-goers dance naked,get high
thesun.co.uk ^ | 8/29/2017 | Sam Webb

Posted on 08/30/2017 6:29:19 AM PDT by rktman

But anyone wanting to spark up a joint at the party should think twice - even though Nevada has legalised recreational marijuana.

"The broader public including those that go to Burning Man seem to think that at Burning Man, anything goes," said Rebecca Gasca, CEO of the Reno-based cannabis consulting firm Pistil and Stigma.

Voters in the state passed a marijuana legalisation measure in 2016, and sales began at retail stores on July 1.

But consumption is allowed only in private and even possession remains illegal on federal lands, including the stretch of Black Rock Desert managed by the US Bureau of Land Management where the counter-culture festival is.

"You're not exempt from the law at Burning Man, and that is doubly true this year," festival spokeswoman Megan Miller told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

BLM officials say a pot possession arrest can result in a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

But federal agents made no arrests for any crimes last year at Burning Man, or the year before

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Society
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LOL! Yeah, pretty sure not ALL 70,000 are nekkid and getting loaded and having orgies. Actually, it's probably a good thing a lot of them keep their clothes on. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (Seinfeld quote)
1 posted on 08/30/2017 6:29:19 AM PDT by rktman
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Do they sacrifice virgins?


2 posted on 08/30/2017 6:33:42 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: rktman

A Wasted Generation


3 posted on 08/30/2017 6:34:49 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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For the most part, those who most wish to go naked are those who should least be allowed to do so.

I have been on more than a few naked beaches and the rule holds true.


4 posted on 08/30/2017 6:37:03 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The UK has no death penalty, unless you are an 11 month old infant with no arrest history)
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So instead of helping their fellow citizens who are suffering from the Texas flooding these buffoons go “party” in the desert...at great expense. Selfish.


5 posted on 08/30/2017 6:37:22 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: rktman

Burning Man? Didn’t that hit its cultural peak in 2002 or so?


6 posted on 08/30/2017 6:37:39 AM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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Used to be a fun thing. Now you have to make reservations and buy tickets. Lots of narks about. Bunch of Good Sammers trying way too hard to have fun.


7 posted on 08/30/2017 6:40:35 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: hal ogen

Shocking the Trumps didn’t stop off for a doobie at BM on the way back to D.C. yesterday. /s

The msm was all over Melania’s shoes but not a peep about those buffoons’ attire or lack of it.


8 posted on 08/30/2017 6:45:26 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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They would, but they couldn’t find any.


9 posted on 08/30/2017 6:47:34 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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Be nice to them because one day the naked high drunk party-goers will be members of Congress.


10 posted on 08/30/2017 6:48:56 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: rktman

While Oregon burns because of environmental idiots


11 posted on 08/30/2017 6:53:06 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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Virgins at BM? Srsly?


12 posted on 08/30/2017 6:58:22 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Captain Compassion

Least expensive tks are about $380 and they sell out in a heartbeat. They go WAY up from there.


13 posted on 08/30/2017 6:59:24 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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...one day the naked high drunk party-goers will be members of Congress...

Look again. They already are.


14 posted on 08/30/2017 6:59:32 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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Be nice to them because one day the naked high drunk party-goers will be members of Congress.


It’s only 7:00 am but already we have our Post of the Day, folks!!


15 posted on 08/30/2017 7:00:36 AM PDT by Yaelle (We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
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70,000 Bay Area white people. Not too much ethnic diversity at Burning Man.


16 posted on 08/30/2017 7:04:43 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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Our Very Special BLM Agent-in-Charge Dan Love will probably be found outside the gate scalping tickets.


17 posted on 08/30/2017 7:21:28 AM PDT by Delta 21 (AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Terrorist Organizations)
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You and I both know your comment should have more to do with hair than tickets.


18 posted on 08/30/2017 7:29:49 AM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: Yaelle

Senator Blutarski?


19 posted on 08/30/2017 7:38:39 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: wita

Yeah, you had to bring up hair Anti native American....;-)


20 posted on 08/30/2017 7:40:10 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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