[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
[Source: FOX News]
Advocates of recreational marijuana use
are looking to an upcoming vote in Maine as an indicator of whether the
East Coast is ready to follow in the footsteps of Colorado and
Washington by legalizing cannabis.
Voters in Portland are being asked whether they want to make it legal
for adults 21 and over to possess -- but not purchase or sell -- up to
2.5 ounces of pot. The Nov. 5 vote is being eyed nationally as momentum
grows in favor of legalizing marijuana use.
The Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C.-based group that
supports legalization, says it targeted Portland because it's Maine's
largest city and because, unlike many other states and cities, it has an
initiative process to get the referendum on the ballot. Organizers hope
passage of the Portland initiative could spur similar results in other
liberal Northeast cities.
Full read: Pot legalizing moves eastward
