Willy Wonka-style golden ticket contest for marijuana

As part of a promotion for the DVD release of The Wackness, the film company has hidden a golden ticket in one of the first 1,000 DVDs. The winner gets a trip to Amsterdam and a free bag of pot.

WIN A TRIP TO AMSTERDAM
AND A BAG OF MARIJUANA!

Yes, you heard us correctly! We’re offering the chance for you to win a fabulous weekend break for 2 to the city of smoke itself, the beautiful Amsterdam. But that’s not all… the lucky winner will also be able to pick up a complimentary bag of skunk from legendary Amsterdam café, Hill Street Blues.

Hidden within one of the first 1,000 DVDs of The Wackness is a Golden Ticket. Find the Golden Ticket and you win!* It’s that simple.

[#1 posted by ROSSINDETROIT , February 12, 2009 11:42 AM]

Oh, are they about to catch holy H-E-double toothpicks.

[#2 posted by mdh , February 12, 2009 11:44 AM]

Do I get to smoke it with Ben Kingsley?

[#3 posted by webmonkees , February 12, 2009 12:01 PM]

Shocking, I tell you. Encouraging illegal activity..

the official site 'exclusive clip' has the actors discussing ripping a cd to make a mix tape! Think of the children!

That said, you know some video store clerk is going to 'win' it.

[#4 posted by Takuan , February 12, 2009 12:02 PM]

I doubt the gummint will go after them. I also think if they don't legalize pot very quickly, Mexico WILL collapse and there really will be hordes of refugees flooding the border. More than they can stop.

[#5 posted by thickdot , February 12, 2009 12:02 PM]

Blueberry or Trainwreck?

[#6 posted by ROSSINDETROIT , February 12, 2009 12:04 PM]

Make mine Pineapple Express.

[#7 posted by Charlie Lesoine , February 12, 2009 12:06 PM]

Better than a tour of some crazy ass chocolate factory!

[#8 posted by buddy66 , February 12, 2009 12:07 PM]

If I win I'll roll up some of that skunk and share it with Arkizzle. You are in A, ain't'cha, Arky?

[#9 posted by ROSSINDETROIT , February 12, 2009 12:10 PM]

Weed VS Chocolate. Now there's a debate for the ages.

[#10 posted by nanuq , February 12, 2009 12:11 PM]

So much for the big push to clean up Amsterdam's red light district.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_7857000/7857533.stm

[#11 posted by felixjawesome , February 12, 2009 12:13 PM]

GASP. MARIJUANA?! SHOCKED AND AWED.

What has this world come to? Stoner Olympians...planes pretending to be boats...African-American President...they are all signs that the end is NEAR!

[#12 posted by Anonymous , February 12, 2009 12:22 PM]

read the fine print: no airfare from the US (only London), and you only get a gram of weed. big whoop.

[#13 posted by elguapostrikes , February 12, 2009 12:22 PM]

#9
Weed, followed by chocolate.

[#14 posted by Anonymous , February 12, 2009 12:24 PM]

This is actually surprising. Some countries, such as Australia claim global jurisdiction for their anti-drug laws. While I believe in the responsible exercise of personal freedom, I would not be surprised to see some nanny state prosecuting a contest winner.

[#15 posted by mdh , February 12, 2009 12:43 PM]

Weed VS Chocolate. Now there's a DOUBLET for the ages.

fixed your thing ;)

[#16 posted by swestcott , February 12, 2009 12:48 PM]

to bad we cant get it in the states why does the world hate us sooooooo

[#17 posted by kmoser , February 12, 2009 12:51 PM]

To enter the competition email [...] with “Golden Ticket” in the subject box and we will open a DVD for you.

Starting up bulk email program...

[#18 posted by Takuan , February 12, 2009 1:18 PM]

keep the`pressure on
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN11358345?rpc=64

[#19 posted by Doug Nelson , February 12, 2009 1:28 PM]

The rules state the winner gets 1 gram. That sounds like a lot less than "a bag".

[#20 posted by wolfiesma , February 12, 2009 1:36 PM]

This is me and Wolfie, in reverse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0jVm0qtBj4

[#21 posted by iamcantaloupe , February 12, 2009 1:51 PM]

It's too bad that the movie was a pretty big snore-fest. The early 90's nostalgia was the only thing it had going for it - strip that away and it's just another lackluster coming of age film.

[#22 posted by Takuan , February 12, 2009 2:12 PM]

oh yeah, boycott Kellogg's corn flakes.

[#23 posted by Takuan , February 12, 2009 2:26 PM]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/399533_kerlikowske11.html

[#24 posted by Gilbert Wham , February 12, 2009 2:57 PM]

Depends what it's a gramme of. Some of that shit will get you higher'n a motherfucker.

[#25 posted by Itsumishi , February 12, 2009 6:30 PM]

This is actually surprising. Some countries, such as Australia claim global jurisdiction for their anti-drug laws. While I believe in the responsible exercise of personal freedom, I would not be surprised to see some nanny state prosecuting a contest winner.

Source please? I don't see how this is even possible when every state has different drug laws.

[#26 posted by sswaan , February 12, 2009 7:14 PM]

The early 90's nostalgia was the only thing it had going for it

Early 90s nostalgia? Didn't the early 90s just happen? Lord, The Onion was right, we have run out of the past...

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29830

[#27 posted by eustace , February 12, 2009 8:09 PM]

The Onion article predicted that by 2005 people would be nostalgic for things that hadn't yet happened. But doesn't everyone think forward longingly to those halcyon early days of the singularity; before time shifting becomes so common...

[#28 posted by mdh , February 12, 2009 8:47 PM]

Eustace, by 2005 I sure was looking forward to something that hadn't yet happened. Yes, it did.

[#29 posted by Jeroen , February 13, 2009 2:45 AM]

Do they realise smoking is prohibited in Coffee shops as in all bars and public places?

[#30 posted by bjacques , February 13, 2009 7:18 AM]

Smoking *tobacco* is anyway.

[#31 posted by sswaan , February 13, 2009 2:48 PM]

Eustace, I think that would all make more sense if I'd won the contest.

[#32 posted by Modusoperandi , February 13, 2009 3:57 PM]

Oh boy! A 1/1000 chance at a gram of pot. And even if you lose, you'll still be the proud owner of what's widely reported to be a mediocre movie. Hurrah!