Breaking news – Gesture of generosity at Cannabis Cup suddenly becomes statement of freedom

Breaking news – Gesture of generosity at Cannabis Cup suddenly becomes statement of freedom

posted by Diana on November 28th 2013

Ben Dronkers during his speech

In an unprecedented turn of events, Sensi Seeds founder Ben Dronkers was interrupted by High Times security during his seminar at the Cannabis Cup expo today, as he threw small bags of cannabis into the audience.
Having spoken about the origins of Sensi Seeds and the Dutch cannabis industry while taking the rapt crowd through a slideshow that was as much personal as it was professional, Ben underlined the heart of the culture by instructing the three veiled Sensi maidens beside him to throw the baggies. The crowd was naturally excited and happy to receive this bounty, but to everyone’s surprise a High Times security official emerged from the audience and began hustling the women – one of whom was Ben’s daughter Shiva – back towards the stage. It took several minutes for the man, who kept his hood up and head down for the duration of the incident, to restrain all three from further cannabis distribution. By this time, Ben realised what was occuring and addressed the crowd and the man – “there’s no law against sharing cannabis!”

Ben Dronkers daughter, Shiva

Shortly after, the man was removed from the hall without further incident and Ben continued his talk. Moments later, one of the High Times organizers interrupted once more to instruct the crowd that they had to respect the law, and (somewhat strangely) that “this isn’t America”. Having apologized for the interruption, he left the stage and Ben was finally able to finish his seminar to a standing ovation.
Although Sensi Seeds understands the trepidation of High Times, especially following the unexpected bust in 2011, each bag, freely given, contained only one gram of cannabis. Given the stringent security present on the doors of the venue checking that each person had less than five grams on them, and virtually everyone in the venue was consuming, the chance of receiving a bag causing anyone to be over that limit is scant indeed.
Further developments on this story as they occur.