October 04, 2006

WeBeHigh.com Continues To Get, Uh, People High

Last month, NBC 10 "broke" the story of WeBeHigh.com, a website dedicated to the availability of marijuana in particular towns. NBC 10 didn't name the site, but as many noticed, there's this thing on the Internet called "Google" that allowed people to search terms they saw in NBC 10's screenshots -- or, uh, "Horsham Marijuana" -- to find the site.

Philly EDGE, the dean of Philadelphia suburban alt-weeklies, explores the issue further this week, making sure to note that there is currently no entry on where to get weed in New Hope. They also interview the site's founder, Nir Shafir of Tel Aviv, and Lt. Mike Cummings of the Doylestown Police Department:

Cummings equated the site to something like citysearch.com, where—below a site-sponsored restaurant review—anyone with a command of the English language can post their views. “[The evaluation of Doylestown] is just one guy’s opinion,” he said. “He doesn’t even give his name. It’s just sort of like, how do I even know that this guy knows what good weed is?”

That's right. Who knows what "qualifications" Stoner420 has to post on his little messageboard! Then again, wouldn't a self-proclaimed stoner have a pretty good idea what's good and what's not?

Marijuana-related infractions in Doylestown have only been decreasing in recent years, in part to an increase in the number of officers patrolling areas once popular for using and selling. “I’ve been told lately that Doylestown is dry,” Cummings said. “Kids here are telling me that they’re driving to Trenton or down to Camden now for their drugs. They aren’t getting them here, and they’re not even going down to Philly anymore, because of the watchdog cameras.”

Wait. Cameras? Are stopping drug sales in Philadelphia? Oh, Lt. Cummings, you card!

Of course, since the NBC 10 report, you can probably guess what happened:

WeBeHigh.com lists the date that each town’s evaluation is posted on the site, and Yardley, which was added on Sept. 17, was likely posted by someone who caught the segment on T.V.—which is ironic, said S.K., 18, of Yardley, “NBC’s story only helped the site’s popularity, if you think about it.”

Thank you, NBC 10. You've made the suburban stoners proud. Then again, the NBC 10 newscasts are undoubtedly 1000 times better while high, so maybe it's some sort of guerilla marketing.

Bud-dy system [Philly EDGE]
Sept. 14: Zagat Marijuana Guide Gives Philly Low Ratings

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March 29, 2006

Philly PD To Make World's Largest Bong

The other day, the Philadelphia police were responding to a robbery call in West Philly and -- whoops! -- stumbled over $11.6 million of marijuana.

Now, obviously, if the police force were to, say, sell that $11.6 million of marijuana on the sly, that could make, oh, somewhere in the neighborhood of $11.6 million. But, of course, marijuana being illegal, the cops are just going to burn all the weed.

I'm no scientist, but it seems to me that burning a giant pile of weed might not be the best way to get rid of it, especially considering burning leaves is one way to turn them into, say, smoke. I fear that an 11.6 million dollar bonfire bong of marijuana will make every citizen in the 135 square miles of this city high. Actually, that might calm down some of our high-strung residents. Hmm.

Still, though, I'm not sold. And, apparently, neither was Metro, which asked the following:

What's that dude in the center doing? Petting an exceptionally large, cute doggy? Leaning on a bike rack? Patting the head of a dwarf?

Although, maybe it has something to do with that $11.6 million worth of weed he's planning on smoking. That'd make anyone do crazy shit.

Cops can’t cash in on record pot haul [Metro]
Yesterday: Commish Hops On The 'Sixth Borough' Bandwagon
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