Friends tell me that marijuana has suddenly become much more difficult to find in southwestern Ohio.
Some of these same friends also tell me that they have heard that there are roadsigns in Ohio that say:
“If you think it’s dry this month…just wait until next month!”
…they attribute these signs to the DEA (drug enforcement agency)
Is this true?..do these roadsigns exist?
Well, nobody in this thread: http://www.overgrow.com/edge/showthread.php?threadid=189107
or this thread: http://smokedot.org/story/2002/9/1/82756/19043
can seem to supply a picture of one such roadsign, even though they all claim to have seen them. Note that they very in what they claim to see, as in “Wait until November!”, “Wait until December!”, “Wait until Christmas!”, etc…
Also note that this is not new. If you go to http://unreasonable.org/drug_policy/marijuana-growing.html you will see a Usenet post discussing this very same billboard. However, the post is dated Sept 1991!
Most likely an urban legend, until somebody actually produces an undoctored photo.
Thanks fatdave…interesting links dude.
I keep hearing the same thing here in Detroit. I have also heard that it is very difficult to find weed right now(though supposedly coke and ecstacy are everywhere). It was discussed on a detroit area club scene board I’m on, and (of course) many people claim to have seen them, but no one can supply a picture(or even a mile marker number). probably a UL.
I went through page 1 of the linked thread and not interested in wading through page two & three, so somebody tell me why the DEA would care about erecting signs on roads that attempt to give rain forecasts.
Just as a sidenote… In the interests of keeping this thread open to see if there actually exists such a billboard, please don’t turn this into a “Where’s all the weed? My town is dry!” / “No it isn’t, just look harder!” thread.
As we all know, using or buying marijuana is illegal. Talking about billboard is not 
It’s not even my thread. I just really want to know if a billboard exists!
I do recall the Great Drout of 1986 Or Was It '87, Dude? All that summer, whichever it was, the DEA was trumpeting its success in reducing the domestic marijuana crop. It was really hard to score. Local TV stations even had news stories about it.
Nevertheless, come harvest time the cover of High Times proudly proclaimed “The Drout is Over!” And was it ever, at least in the DC area. All kinds of really potent foreign stuff showed up at the same time that this pressed crap arrived, driving the price of both into the basement. I gave out chunks of Mexican pressweed for Christmas.
Back in the days when it mattered to me, it always amused me that folks were always surprised at the shortage in November and December. The substance is a crop, like cantoloupes or asparagus. After the season, there’s a shortage. Well, duh. The folks who stored some for December will get the best prices. It’s basic economics. Of course, winter here is summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Um, I’m sorry. The important thing about that non-anecdote is that I distinctly remember the same DEA sign rumors circulating–in the late '80s.
Even more disturbing, neither of my posts in this thread were composed or submitted under the influence of illegal substances.
Another lucky bastard receiving residuals.
I can confirm the sign exists on interstate 95 in Philadelphia. It reads:
“If you think its dry now, wait until Christmas.”
DEA
I am a regular smoker who has been doing so for the last 7 years. It is so dry right now people are paying outrageous amounts for stuff. There is definately something going on, and I’m glad others are seeing it too. I’d love more detail on this if anyone knows more.
Like we’d never have guessed that from the name 
. Seriously, any links to pictures of these signs?
I just had another friend “swear” that someone told him about the same sign on I-95 south of DC. I heard the same rumors sometime in 1996, except I was in Blacksburg, VA, and the person claimed the signs were on I-81 south near Tennesee.
I call BS unless I see a picture.
Snopes is wrong. It sure isn’t the first time either. I wonder why that site garners such respect on this board. Common sense and logical approaches to problems are all nice and good, but all too often Snopes declares something untrue with absolutely no cites or proof of any kind. Such is the case in this example. It’s not like the guy is quoting DEA agents claiming they did nothing of the sort. He’s quoting newsgroup postings and telling us why he thinks they’re false. That’s no different from what anyone in this thread is doing, and should carry no more weight.
All I can tell you folks is that I’ve seen the billboard. It was on University Avenue near where it intersects with Pinhook Road in Lafayette, LA. It said “If you think it’s dry now…Wait until next month.” It went up about 6 or 7 months ago. The last time I drove by there about three months ago, it was still up. I’ll drive by tomorrow and see if it’s still there. Hopefully it didn’t get replaced or blown away by the hurricane, because I’d really like to get a picture, if only to send it to Snopes and tell them to stop being so damn sloppy.
And no, I realize that the billboard doesn’t make much sense, and really has no effect other than intimidation.
But, honestly, we’re talking about the DEA here, people. This is the same agency that once confiscated 17 truckloads of Canadian hempseed bound for a birdseed factory in Kentucky. Logic isn’t their strong suit.
Ummm, I’m pretty sure they do exist. I know I saw something along the lines here in South Florida a few months ago. I can’t remember exactly what it said, but it was definitely similar to what’s being said here.
When I saw it, I intended to remember about it and tell my friends about it, but it totally slipped my mind until…a friend of mine just mentioned seeing one the other day!
IF it’s true and I and my friend aren’t having delusions, and IF my friend remembers where it was, and IF it is still there, I will most certainly get a picture from all kinds of angles in order to satisfy the skeptics, Snopes included.
Spare us the rant, and just show us the picture.
And while we’re on the subject of empirical proof:
Cite? Better yet, multiple cites, with contravening evidence.
Not that this is any sort of proof or anything, but it goes more towards attempting to explain the DEA’s motivation:
I found this here: http://www.spoonfedtribe.com/wwwboard/messages/761.shtml
…along with a lot of other anonymous confirmations. Some versions include a marijuana leaf on the sign.
If they do exist, I suspect we’ll soon have the straight dope.
Well, I thought there was one just within the last week, but it appears that since I last checked this thread, Snopes updated their site. Basically it was an urban legend…until someone actually did it. Of course you’ll have to take Snopes’s word that someone did it, because, unlike the poster in the SDMB thread, they didn’t link to any other account of the event. They did, however, link to a movie in which the urban legend was mentioned. Helpful…
As for the site you linked to in this thread, it’s nothing more than idle speculation. The phone number for the DEA is in the phone book. You’d think the least the guy could have done was call them up and ask them if they’d ever done anything like that. You know, an official statement. Two minutes of research.
Instead, he proclaims it false based on little more than how he thinks things should be. If that’s all the work he was willing to put into the piece, maybe he should have declared it undetermined, but, based on his flawless logic, it just had to be false, so it was. Just seems a little arrogant to me…