HempCon 2011: See video of Hot Ass contest once planned for med. marijuana event (NSFW)

I bet Saturday nights at your house are a riot.

"Guest" aka Hempcon SupporterCorrect! We are discussing KUSHCON which is what I have control over. As discussed in my previous comment, I have zero editorial control over KUSH Magazine. I only have control over the speakers and activists interactions with the magazine, which I assure you are respected and intact. That being said, there is NOTHING in KUSH Magazine that is even close to the trash that HempCon puts out. You will NEVER an have NEVER seen a woman literally raising her skirt to expose her full "ass and vagina" as in these videos. PERIOD.  You know it and I know it.....These images are disgusting and we all agree. That being said, I also read/subscribe to Maxim, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Vogue and many others that regularly feature women and nudity. There is a classy way of displaying photography and then there is a trashy way. It's that simple and you know it. You obviously have your own agenda and that's why you are hiding behind an anonymous screen name and once again, I am proud to sign my name and show who I am and stand behind every word I type. YOU on the other hand are a faceless coward.

Cheryl ShumanKUSH Magazine

The solution is simple -- just don't read it. Kush -- like most publications -- is 90% ad anyway. If you want a real medical marijuana magazine with patient stories and real science, stick with "Treating Yourself".

Kush has had chick in their magazine and convention but I think they have improved quite a bit in the past year. KushCon 2 didn't have nearly as many girls dressed poorly and the centerfolds have evolved with time as well. Just a thought -- ntohing stays the same! 

So the material you have published in your own magazine isn't relevant to this discussion? How amazingly disingenuous of you. I also couldn't help but notice that the digital version of the magazines posted online don't have the centerfolds included. Hmmm, I wonder why?

To call your magazine "classy" is ridiculous to anyone except 19 year old boys. Your articles about snowboarding and Phish concerts cushion those centerfolds described above. See, the problem with misrepresenting your own publication is that anyone who has back issues can easily call you out.

"GUEST" If you could stay "ON TOPIC" we were specifically discussing KUSHCON. The woman in the nurses outfit that you saw was escorted out of the convention. You can find her and ask her personally and I'm sure that she will tell you. The vendor that hired her could also verify that. My hunch is that since you are simply "GUEST" that you are afraid to show your face, so I'm assuming that you are afraid to back up  your works... which means, you're most likely a HempCon employee or supporter. There is NO comparison between KUSHCON and HempCon period.

Class vs. Trash. Plain and simple. End of discussion. I'm showing my face and standing 100% behind what I say. People who hide behind anonymous screen names don't impress me much.

Cheryl ShumanKUSH Magazine

Any interested party simply needs to review past issues of your magazine and search the centerfolds. Although a handful of the women in these photos are moderately clothed there are many in lingerie, bustiers, fishnet stockings, etc posing with buds. I reviewed several issues of your publication: the very first I picked up (March 15th 2011) has a centerfold for the pink lady strain complete with several photos of scantily clad bimbos. The second I snagged, from April 2010, features a model wearing a bra and panties (with the jack of hearts tucked against her breast -- classy, very classy) smoking a joint next to a skunk wearing a diamond "bling" pendant. The third, from August 2010, features a model wearing a bustier top, skimpy panties and fishnet stockings standing in a pile of buds and human skulls. The earliest I found as from Dec 2009 and that little puppy features nothing else than a naughty nurse in a skimpy outfit, holding buds in one hand, a spliff in the other: she is pulling open her top to reveal her cleavage with the hand holding the spliff.

Yeah, how could anyone ever get the idea that Kush magazine uses sexualized women to promoted medical marijuana???? While Kush has not quite sunk to the level of these ridiculous stripper-like contests, you certainly dont shy away from using sales skanks.

Oh, and by the way, a photo of a nurse from your last convention is available right here at the WW archives. Although the photographer was careful to keep it as classy as possible, you can plainly see a supershort microskirt that barely covers a skimpy little underthing. 

"Guest" You are not being truthful. I challenge you to prove your point with photos and evidence. I can easily show you a group of 50 of Colorado's most respected activists that strongly support my position.

Name ONE person that agrees with your position.Cheryl ShumanKUSH Magazine

Ryan John Smith,Thank you. I agree with you. KUSHCon did NOT have any g-string girls. If anyone tried that, they would have been escorted out. Also, I agree with you. Someone can be sensual and even sexy without in your face gutter trash.  I challenge ANYONE including "GUEST" anonymous posters to find anything like this at KUSHCON.

Respectfully,Cheryl ShumanKUSH Magazine

I saw no g-strings.

I did see some outfits that were sexual yet not trashy. 

There is a difference between sensuality and in-you-face hooker contests. 

Cheryl,

Your problem is that anyone who has attended the Kush-cons knows for a fact you are not being enttirely truthful. I have attended your conventions and have personally witnessed strippers in nurse's "outfits" (compelte with g-string things and high heels), hula-hooping hootchies and booth bimbos galore. While your organization may not sponsor any booty-shaking contests it is very disingenous of you to imply that you don't tolerate scantily dressed skanks shilling all sorts of shit.

Again, anyone who has attended any of your events knows this to be true. What do you think made people so angry about this issue to begin with? This has been a sore point with MMJ activists long before this group came to town and it was a reaction to YOUR events.

Righteous. 

Sorry for that dig on your daughters...I went to CSU. 

I'm sure they are both wonderful young ladies.

Love your post, Ryan. We're going to make it an upcoming Comment of the Day. Congrats.

Editorial Content?  There is no content in Kush.  Only ads and coupons.  Why don't you do something useful for the community that you take hundreds of thousands of dollars from each year?