and my experience dates from the late '60s.

I've no illusions: I've known grungy, stereotypical stoners, the kind of people you cross the street to avoid, and I've split a spliff with button-down corporate sort and every kind in-between. Most, though, look like the people in the pictures at the link -- the kind of people I've associated with throughout my life, both while sober and when high. These "myths" are precisely that: stories told by those who've never used, tales meant to frighten and derail. Variants on the "Reefer Madness" meme, more akin to Shakespeare's idiot than Journeyman's experience.

Taken at some kind of commune. That said, I've spent some time in Denver going there around 5 times per year. One of my son's lives down the block from a large dispensary, from his balcony can see the full front of the store. It's true that those going in and out look about the same, demographically, as a convenience store...with the same mix of vehicles too from new Jags and Caddys, to 20 year old turds.. then there are places like illuzions glass selling paraphernalia from $40 to $10k+, always an interesting mix of people there... (btw, illuzions is a 'must see' if you are planning a Denver trip....

In the past the face of a cannabis user was someone with nothing to lose. That meant most activists were hippies or others from the counter culture. Meanwhile millions of regular people were in the closet. Mostly cowed by the Reagan era drug war. It's important for people to realize the war on cannabis is a war on regular people not the marginalized outsiders.

It's smart to make these photos available to the media as they look for graphics to go with their stories.

Have open houses with food and drinks. Illuzions has one too. We were there Jan 2nd this year...10 kegs of beer and a large smoking tent...the crowd (probably 200 people) was pretty mixed...mostly younger, but that was expected since it was 11pm when we got there...cops walked through looking for minors, none were found and they were very nice to everyone .