U.S. Open Allowing Spectators to Carry Marijuana

The golf crowd is not one usually associated with progressive marijuana policy, and yet as the U.S. Open begins this morning in Tacoma, Washington, the tournament will allow spectators to bring marijuana to the course.

When people head onto the grass of the Chambers Bay course from June 18 to 21, volunteers will be checking the attendees’ bags and confiscating items including weapons and water bottles, but not taking anyone’s personal supply of a different sort of grass, event organizers told SB Nation.

The United States Golf Association, the organization that hosts the U.S. Open, could have decided to enforce its own rules as a private event or to follow federal law as a national organization. But instead, the organization decided the tournament will comply with Washington’s state laws, which allow for marijuana possession but not public smoking — so attendees could still face repercussions for sneaking off to...

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