Tens of thousands celebrate marijuana holiday 4/20 across US

[Source: Fox News]

DENVER –  Tens of thousands of revelers raised joints, pipes and vaporizer devices to the sky Sunday at a central Denver park in a defiant toast to the April 20 pot holiday, a once-underground celebration that stepped into the mainstream in the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana.

The 4:20 p.m. smoke-out in the shadow of the Colorado capitol was the capstone of an Easter weekend dedicated to cannabis in states across the country. Although it is still against the law to publicly smoke marijuana in Colorado, police only reported 63 citations or arrests on Sunday, 47 for marijuana consumption.

"It feels good not to be persecuted anymore," said Joe Garramone, exultantly smoking a joint while his 3-year-old daughter played on a vast lawn crowded with fellow smokers.

The Garramone family came from Hawaii, among the tens of thousands who crowded into various cannabis-themed extravaganzas, from a marijuana industry expo called the Cannabis Cup at a trade center north of downtown to 4/20-themed concerts at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater. Acts included Slightly Stoopid and Snoop Dogg.

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CU-Boulder to close campus on 4/20 for third straight year

 

[SOURCE: TheDenverPost]

For the third year in a row, the University of Colorado plans to close its Boulder campus on April 20 to curtail an "unwanted 4/20 gathering," according to a statement released Friday morning by Chancellor Phil DiStefano.


In recent years, campus officials have been trying to extinguish the annual pot smokeout, which at its height drew some 10,000 tokers to Norlin Quadrangle, by closing the campus to outsiders, spreading fishy smelling fertilizer on the quad and enforcing marijuana laws.

From noon to 6 p.m. on April 20, CU faculty, students and staff are required to show their Buff OneCards, or CU identification cards, to enter the campus, DiStefano wrote. 

Visitors with official business are required to obtain a visitor's pass to enter the campus. 

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4/20 Protest at CU Boulder

 BoulderCoalition states: "We will celebrate 4/20 and the right of We the People to peacefully assemble."

For many years, people from all over Colorado have gathered on the University of Colorado Boulder campus to make a statement about cannabis. While the school administration has never looked kindly on the event, attempting to quash it using various expensive tactics, all of which have failed, the event has grown to almost 10,000 people. This year they will be bringing in hundreds of police, working with the City of Boulder and the State Patrol, to choke the life out of this tradition. We do not accept that.

While it is true that the 4/20 gathering appears to be merely a party, this is a very naive interpretation of the event. It is also our First Amendment right to Assembly. The State of Colorado has become a leader in the anti-prohibition movement because we understand the ridiculousness of making a plant illegal. The gathering has been a statement about cannabis, that it is harmless and can benefit humankind around the globe, yet our political leaders still seek to deny us its use. Boulder has become a focal point of that message and we believe that this is a good thing.

We invite everyone who shares our beliefs to join us in making a statement. Unfortunately, as we must play a game of chess with the authorities, some details must be withheld until the last possible minute. However, a rough outline of our plan is as follows:

-Gather at one or more locations in Boulder, parking and traffic routes will be provided
-At 3 PM we march along Broadway, next to but not onto the campus. We will say hello to the police, then go our separate ways.
-We will return to an off-campus, large, grassy, gathering area, and eagerly await 4:20 PM.

This is a peaceful event. We will NOT, at any time, confront the police. Our march along Broadway is to make a statement that we do not want them on our campus.

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Facebook 4/20 Protest at CU Boulder Complete Information

http://www.colorado.edu/april20

Stop down to North Boulder Wellness Dispensary TODAY OR TOMORROW to get all your 4/20 goodies!!!

North Boulder Wellness Center
1495 Yarmouth Ave.
Boulder, CO 80304

(720) 328-0118