4th of July Smoke-In
By Mike Riggs
D.C.’s longest-running annual pro-marijuana rally.
THE PARADE BEGINS AT 2:45 P.M. AT LAFAYETTE PARK
AND ENDS AT 23RD STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE NW.
LIVE MUSIC UNTIL 9 P.M. FREE. (202) 251-4492
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A few weeks after being sworn into office, President Obama told the Oregon’s Mail Tribunethat the “basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors…is entirely appropriate.” Convinced that one liberalization would lead to another, smokers everywhere rolled off their beanbag chairs and gave one another tepid high-fives.
But then just this month California medical marijuana dispensary owner Charlie Lynch was sentenced by a federal judge to a year and a day in prison. As a result, expect more than a few promise-breaker signs at this year’s Fourth of July Smoke-In, D.C.’s longest-running annual pro-marijuana rally.
The mile-long parade wraps up with tunes from Lloyd Stuart Casson, San Francisco jammers Ashpool, and Bad Brains singer H.R.’s Human Rights. Organizers advise against bringing “large quantities of contraband” through security—in other words, a spliff or two, toked in moderation, should be enough to celebrate the day.
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40th Annual Smoke-In Concert
Saturday July 4th, 2009 Washington D.C.
2:00PM-9:00PM
23rd & Constitution Ave NW
(Near the Lincoln Memorial and Foggy Bottom Metro on 23rd Street)
2009 Supporting Performers
Lloyd Stuart Casson 8:40PM
(Dove, Human Rights, Calpop)
Performing The National Anthem
How will the Federal Gov't cannabis policies change under President Obama?
Escalate the Drug War 4%
Continue on the same destructive path 34%
Reschedule to Schedule II 16%
(accepted medical use w/prescription)
The states will decide 38%
They'll tax & regulate hemp 8%
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House appropriations subcommittee has lifted a long-standing budget rider banning the District government from spending any money to decriminalize marijuana.
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By Bill Miller and Spencer S. Hsu
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Hill Republicans, Who Blocked D.C. Vote Tally,
Vow Measure Won't Become Law
Tuesday, September 21, 1999; Page A01
"When the President does it,
that means that it's not illegal."
~ Richard M. Nixon
4/20 @ 4:20
05/04/09 The Global Marijuana March of 2009
Penn and Teller Bullshît : War on Drugs
George Carlin
FREE EDDY LEPP!
Charles Lynch's 366-DAY SENTENCE
Smuggling... Least Violates the Consciences of Men
Ganja/Hemp
