class=quot;p1quot;Its name hearkens back to the original pot competition founded in Amsterdam in 1988, the U.S. Cannabis Cup is, to use an industry term, a hybrid, equal parts trade show and pot festival. It seemed virtually all of the attendees were from out of town. They wanted to see what Denveramp;rsquo;s newfound marijuana liberation looked like in person and while the event was hardly representative of the average Sunday afternoon in the city (4/20 is to pot what St. Patrickamp;rsquo;s Day is to alcohol) the Cannabis Cup proved to be an ideal event for the still novel thrill of smoking weed openly and with impunity. In the 21 and up outdoor area where smoking was permitted, the sour scent of pot smoke drifted everywhere. The crowd was almost entirely in their 20s and 30s, and more male than female, though not by as much of a margin as you might think. Shuffling slowly along the crowded aisles between vendor tents, people smoked blunts, passed pipes, shared joints, ripped bongs, and ate edibles. - The Examiner
