What are the biggest challenges to reforming drug laws? Is Hempfest enough?
That is my big frustration. It’s just a big pep rally… When I look at that crowd, I think, “Why are you guys all so docile, putting up with a system that says you’re criminals?” You should all be voting, financially supporting groups like NORML that are educating frightened Americans, and educating politicians who are victims if misinformation from government organizations that try to teach them how evil marijuana is. I mean, if all 80,000 of those people got active, we’d see a lot more change than we are seeing now. But most people at Hempfest are not inclined to get on board with the boring grind of a political struggle. Isn’t that the case for most people? How do you think people at Hempfest could be inspired to pick up a pen and write a check, to get involved with a campaign, and get on board with the political struggle? I don’t know. If I knew how to do that, NORML could have more power to do its work. I want to inspire people to take their culture out of their culture and share
