Although Burning Man can be a nurturing and safe space, there's still real world dangers and potentially real world over-enforcement of marijuana laws.
For simple cannabis possession, they often let you plead down to non-drug offenses and just pay a fine, but you still have to get a lawyer and deal with that.
In 2019, 58 people were arrested with most being drug-related arrests, including one San Francisco man who was charged with felony pot possession and kept on $500,000 bail.
The arrest numbers often don't tell the entire story of drug enforcement at the event, according to Mitchell Gomez, the executive director of DanceSafe.
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