[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.
READ ARTICLE HERE: Tens of thousands celebrate marijuana holiday 4/20 across US
[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.
Entire article read here - Boulder 4/20 Day
