Move over Amsterdam,

July 3, 2002 1:02 PM

Move over Amsterdam, Vancouver has been voted the world's best spot for marijuana smokers, according to the summer edition of High Times. I'm so proud.
posted by timeistight (24 comments total)

Still would rather go to Amsterdam. Sorry Vancouver, you should try legalizing a few more things, and move closer to Europe.
posted by geoff. at 1:05 PM on July 3, 2002

I'd have voted for Austin, Texas, but I was too stoned to bother.
posted by ColdChef at 1:10 PM on July 3, 2002

I've visited Amsterdam and Vancouver. In my opinion, they have equal, though different, appeal. Equally difficult to to sneak a little sample home!
posted by rotifer at 1:23 PM on July 3, 2002

Austin? Isn't the illegality enforced there? (Plus, isn't it something outrageous like US$250/oz?)

As much as I love Amsterdam, I can see why Vancouver could edge it out: nice beaches, mountains, etc. Potheads enjoying skiing and boarding and hiking and sailing.

I loved this line "Tourism Vancouver's Paul Vallee said the top billing adds to the city's hip image." -- now, if we only got a Mayor and Premier who understood that.
posted by sylloge at 1:29 PM on July 3, 2002

Austin? Isn't the illegality enforced there? (Plus, isn't it something outrageous like US$250/oz?)

Umm...well...okay, yeah. But it goes really well with Shiner and BBQ. I withdraw Austin from consideration.
posted by ColdChef at 1:31 PM on July 3, 2002

us $250?!

ack
posted by sawks at 1:40 PM on July 3, 2002

$250... that's almost as much as gold at $310/oz.
posted by geoff. at 2:04 PM on July 3, 2002

Mmmm ... Shiner. *drool*
posted by monju_bosatsu at 2:27 PM on July 3, 2002

US $250/oz is a bargain 'round these parts.
posted by cell divide at 2:30 PM on July 3, 2002

There's a joke about musicians who come through Seattle to play...you quite often get some pretty lethargic shows, because the pre-show bong rip is a little too much for folks not used to non-BC bud, which is most of what goes around here — even Seattle weed that isn't actually from BC is typically grown with BC seeds. I saw Wu Tang a few months ago, and the poor Wu were so wasted they could barely lift their mics. HA!
posted by arielmeadow at 2:36 PM on July 3, 2002

Er, excuse my double negative. Shoulda been "...too much for folks not used to BC bud."
posted by arielmeadow at 2:37 PM on July 3, 2002

Mental Note: Open chain of Potato Chip and Cookie stands in Vancouver area.
posted by jonmc at 3:12 PM on July 3, 2002

Thank heavens. Now everybody can blame Canada, and leave a dope tourist-free Amsterdam to us.
posted by prolific at 3:41 PM on July 3, 2002

hey i was just thinking it'd be rad to emblazon a big red pot leaf on the canadian flag instead of a maple leaf!

o canada :)
posted by kliuless at 4:35 PM on July 3, 2002

hey i was just thinking it'd be rad to emblazon a big red pot leaf on the canadian flag instead of a maple leaf!

You and half the people on Parliament Hill on Monday. How anyone can want to puff on the wizard's lettuce when it's 43 degrees outside is beyond me.
posted by krunk at 5:06 PM on July 3, 2002

O Canada...
posted by will at 5:38 PM on July 3, 2002

I hear they use the metric system up there, too. Crazy!
posted by ph00dz at 8:36 PM on July 3, 2002

this is a post...no, this is a post while stoned hahahaha.....I was stoned once and then not but it was good...did you guys know that mefi is blue...I mean bluuuuuuuuuuuueeeeee....you know....and it's great how everyone is just hear together and has a good time....cause that's what it's all about....man i'm really hungry....I haven't been to Amsterdam yet they call this place Vansterdam which I think is really cool.....
posted by Salmonberry at 10:00 PM on July 3, 2002

Amsterdam? Legal prostitution? Legalized pot? Um... duh?
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:59 PM on July 3, 2002

Hmmm...I guess more HT voters get to sample Vancouver than Amsterdam. Also, it's worth giving VA a leg-up in the bud visitor stakes.

However I'd imagine the choices are more limited then The Dam. Sure, there's excellent supplies of BC bud but what about the 'OO', pollen, Charras, Nepalese & Lebanese &c. on the hashish front?
posted by i_cola at 4:31 AM on July 4, 2002

Hmmm...I guess more HT voters get to sample Vancouver than Amsterdam.

you have to be absolutely right, you can not compare the kind of products and stuff you can get in amsterdam. i have never been in vancouver, but it surely has to be a great city if you're able to smoke freely.
i think it's getting harder for the narcosto pass the weed to the u.s.a. here in mexico it's getting cheaper: $5/oz!
posted by trismegisto at 5:56 AM on July 4, 2002

The thing is, nobody reads high times in europe. I'm not sure anybody reads it here, but people at least pay attention to their press releases.
posted by Leonard at 1:20 AM on July 5, 2002

In Austin, by the way, it's more like $80-100 an oz. Depending on who you know. New York, however, is a different question altogether.
posted by isobars at 1:26 AM on July 5, 2002

Damn New York.
posted by zerolucid at 12:14 AM on July 6, 2002