Getting high in the Mile High :)

     The Norml conference in Colorado was amazing.  We flew into Denver on Thursday, and the trip started a little shaky.  We had to ride one bus to another bus, with not a clue as to where we were going to end up.  Luckily we got directions to our hotel from a passenger on the bus, but when we walked the few blocks from the bus stop to the hotel, we found out it was the wrong one.
  The right one was down the street a few more blocks, we heard a few shouts from the street offering a cab ride, but decided to just hoof it.  Once we got to the hotel we checked in, dropped our luggage off upstairs, and headed to conference registration.
    
Registration was two tables with a couple very relaxed looking women running the whole process.  You could notice the difference in attitude between most ladies behind tables at registration booths; these ladies weren't in the least bit impatient or against helping you as much as they could.  After a little mishap with Brit's name badge, we were directed to room 501.....the medication lounge. :)

     Room 501 was amazing, I got to experience some of the world's best cannabis and concentrates in more pipes than I'd ever seen before, some made of wood, some of glass.  The room wasn't full of stoned people all hanging off their chairs, though; you didn't see anyone sitting around passed out or stumbling over objects or being loud and obnoxious.  On the contrary, everyone was calmly talking.  Talking about everything from politics to philosophy, parenting to religion. Everything was open and insecurities were low.  The social aspect of marijuana use is amazing, just to see that huge of a group of people, as diverse as they were, have some very interesting and intelligent conversations, all while passing joints and bowls around where ever there was a hand to hold it.

     Most of the time when you walk into a room full of people, they stop and stare at you, or you get the stand-offish feeling.  But this group was so much deeper than that.  Maybe i am just a little biased, but a group of stoners is probably the closest group of strangers you will ever run into.  We stand up for one another but also aren't afraid to speak out against an opinion, even if, and especially if, it isn't politically correct to do so.  Spending a few days socializing with a group of people with those same core values was an amazingly inspirational experience, and i would definitely recommend it. :)