HempCon marijuana festival dabbed out of San Jose
SAN JOSE -- Just as "America's largest medical marijuana festival" was about to light up the convention center this weekend, it went up in smoke -- and moved to Daly City's Cow Palace.
San Jose officials revoked HempCon's convention center contract last week, saying the marijuana trade show runs afoul of local law.
"Taken together, local law says no sales, transfer, or use is legal at the convention center," explained city spokesman David Vossbrink.
Talk about a bummer. A HempCon organizer who goes only by Contessa T., or "Tess," confirmed in an email that "due to San Jose ordinances we were forced to move the show at the last minute to San Francisco. There will be no event in San Jose."
HempCon was scheduled to run Friday through Sunday at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center's South Hall before it was forced to move to the Cow Palace last week....
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