do Mercury News
There was one thing you couldn't do at the HempCon Medical Marijuana Show in San Jose on Saturday: smoke marijuana.
But you could step across the street away from the convention center's South Hall, nestle back in the shade and light up -- as dozens of devotees did.
The event was one of those modern-day meetings of the minds where medical marijuana users, cannabis growers, paraphernalia peddlers and even insurance companies that specialize in coverage for the marijuana industry rubbed shoulders to help promote medical marijuana -- and it was all legal.