# Have you attended a concert where marijuana was being smoked openly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874 "2010-07-24T20:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/21 "2010-07-24T23:41:35Z")
Almost every 80s hair/metal band that came through Memphis. Most of them I was of those who toked. Only one I can recall; can’t even remember the band but it was held in The Orpheum. They didn’t even want us standing up and the security was so thick you couldn’t even get by with a sneak-a-toke. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/22 "2010-07-24T23:42:52Z")
Quite a few concerts back in the 60s . . . including of course Woodstock. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/23 "2010-07-24T23:46:56Z")
Yes, of course. I don’t go to that many concerts, but I’ve definitely noticed pot smoking. FWIW my first concert was in 1994. As far as tobacco smoking goes, it seems to be permitted at most outdoor venues. I’ve often seen cigar vendors. Smoking of all kinds is often prohibited at indoor venues, but I’ve smelled (smelt?) a certain smell at indoor shows too. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/24 "2010-07-24T23:54:31Z")
At a Dylan concert in the open-air Shoreline Amphitheater in the Bay Area. The doing it were well over 50. I was with my daughter - there has never been a better anti-drug message than a stoned 55 year-old former hippie. Dancing. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/25 "2010-07-24T23:58:17Z")
Well, I’ve smoked at nearly every concert I’ve attended, but I didn’t do so openly. I always use my sneak a toke pipe. If I’m attending a more upscale, classy concert I smoke before I go in. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/26 "2010-07-25T00:03:52Z")
> [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > Well, I’ve smoked at nearly every concert I’ve attended, but I didn’t do so openly. I always use my sneak a toke pipe. If I’m attending a more upscale, classy concert I smoke before I go in. Why do you feel the need to be stoned to enjoy a concert? ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/27 "2010-07-25T00:05:54Z")
It’s ubiquitous at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. I joke with my family about how stringent the security is for bottled water and food (you can’t bring in any) because they will stop you, yet somehow pounds and pounds of marijuana somehow make it through. I guess it’s because they can’t legally sell it on the grounds like the water and food. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/28 "2010-07-25T00:14:12Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > > [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > > > Well, I’ve smoked at nearly every concert I’ve attended, but I didn’t do so openly. I always use my sneak a toke pipe. If I’m attending a more upscale, classy concert I smoke before I go in. > > Why do you feel the need to be stoned to enjoy a concert? I don’t feel any kind of need, I just enjoy music much more when I’m high. Consider pancakes. They’re delicious all on their own, but so much better with butter and maple syrup on top. And so it is with marijuana. It adds to my enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/29 "2010-07-25T00:36:06Z")
Where are all these concerts you people saw? I thought I saw it once, but it was actually just a hand-rolled cigarette (and the gentleman put it out as soon as he saw the no smoking sign). I’m just shocked, _shocked_ I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/30 "2010-07-25T00:44:41Z")
Dave Matthews Band, circa 2002. I got a contact high. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/31 "2010-07-25T00:47:10Z")
Things sure have changed. The last time I saw Jethro Tull, as soon as the lights went down for the main act, the guy in front of me started fumbling in his pack. He pulled out a baggie, and soon enough, there was that unmistakeable aroma… …of a peanut butter sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/32 "2010-07-25T00:53:13Z")
All of them. I used to go to a LOT of arena type rock concerts and it was pretty ubiquitous. Name bands playing at bars is another story. A bar is usually pretty strict about smoking weed for fear of losing the liquor license. I perfected the art of baking pot brownies (cupcakes, cookies, etc.) to get around that. Haven’t used pot in any form for years. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/33 "2010-07-25T00:55:20Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > > [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > > > Well, I’ve smoked at nearly every concert I’ve attended, but I didn’t do so openly. I always use my sneak a toke pipe. If I’m attending a more upscale, classy concert I smoke before I go in. > > Why do you feel the need to be stoned to enjoy a concert? Asked the person who never got high and listened to music. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/34 "2010-07-25T01:00:55Z")
Yes: it was called “Carnivale” and took place on the entire island of St. Thomas in 1976. You couldn’t walk down the street without getting high. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/35 "2010-07-25T01:01:04Z")
I have smoked marijuana openly at concerts. I haven’t been to a concert (not counting gigs I was playing at) since the 90’s, but it was pretty much normal for the kinds of shows I went to in the 80’s and 90’s (metal). Security ignored it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/36 "2010-07-25T01:05:03Z")
Never been to one where it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/37 "2010-07-25T01:14:16Z")
Last November I went to the first concert where I _didn’t_ see pot being smoked openly. It was KISS at the Honda Center in Anaheim, which I think is one of the more strict venues about that sort of thing. Plus, I decided to go at the last minute and didn’t have time to score any shit. It was much more open at the Heaven and Hell concert at the L.A. Forum, even though that’s owned by a megachurch now. Ironically, the first time I ever saw anyone smoking pot was at a KISS concert in 1979 at the Amphitheater in Chicago. I was ten and with my parents, and we just figured that’s part of the atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/38 "2010-07-25T01:28:37Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > > [@kidneyfailure](#): > > > > > [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > > > > > Well, I’ve smoked at nearly every concert I’ve attended, but I didn’t do so openly. I always use my sneak a toke pipe. If I’m attending a more upscale, classy concert I smoke before I go in. > > > > Why do you feel the need to be stoned to enjoy a concert? > > Asked the person who never got high and listened to music. 😃 Getting high and listening to music never did anything for me. Getting high never did anything for me, period. Only childish losers get high, but that’s a debate for another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/39 "2010-07-25T01:31:14Z")
I’ve seen and smelled pot at nearly every concert I’ve ever been to in my life, excluding Billy Joel and Elton John I _think_ in 2003. The heaviest offenders? Dave Matthews Band in 2000(I’ve actually never seen so many drugs of ALL kinds at a single concert), Ozzfest in 2002, and Tenacious D in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874/40 "2010-07-25T01:48:45Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > Getting high and listening to music never did anything for me. Getting high never did anything for me, period. Only childish losers get high, but that’s a debate for another thread. Knock off the personal insults, **kidneyfailure**. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-attended-a-concert-where-marijuana-was-being-smoked-openly/547874.md?page=3)