What is San Francisco’s cannabis history? How did it start? Weed has been prevalent in San Francisco since the 1960s. You would see people using it at concerts and protests in Golden Gate Park. Moreover, you could stroll to the edge of Haight Ashbury and openly buy weed from sellers hawking “bud.”
Not surprisingly, cannabis began to be decriminalized in San Francisco in the ’70s with the passage of several laws. In essence, police were told not to arrest people with small amounts of pot.
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