Your Legal Pot Is Not Allowed At Coachella

INDIO, CA -- Planning your getaway to the annual Coachella music festival? Well, you'll have to leave your marijuana at home. Despite recreational marijuana now being legal in California, organizers said the drug is prohibited at its festival.

Under its FAQ section on its website, organizers answered the question "Hey, Since marijuana is legal now, that means I can use it at Coachella right?"

The answer is: "Sorry bro. Marijuana or marijuana products aren’t allowed inside the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Even in 2018 and beyond. If that changes we will update this answer."

Of course, the prohibition has never stopped users in the past from sneaking the drugs onto festival grounds. It's widely known that Coachellans (that's millennial talk for a person who frequently goes to Coachella) bring all sorts of illegal goods to the festival each year.

But, the organizers' attempt to ban marijuana is out of respect of the host city.

"Neighboring towns in Riverside County, like Palm Springs, allow its residents to publicly smoke, but Indio, the desert town that hosts Coachella, has chosen to keep pot sales and public use illegal," thewrap.com wrote.

--Photo by Renee Schiavone

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