Happy 4-20 everyone. Today is a day that we should all keep in mind the war on marijuana users that is being waged in this country. This is a photo diary to show you the results of this war from many different angles:
Yearly 4/20 protest at UC draws out 10,000 students.
Although CU junior Max Lichtenstein, 21, isn’t into marijuana or smoking, he also felt Sunday’s event was a chance to do something “bigger” than himself. He passed out 126 Rice Krispies treats with messages attached asking that they act out against the injustices in Darfur.
“Tomorrow, when you’re sober ... call the White House at 202-456-1414,” the note read.
“I just like being generous and doing nice things,” he said. “I’m like a good Samaritan.”
CU senior Tyler Molvig, 24, said that rather than condemning the smoke-out, CU and the city should embrace it as a money-making opportunity.
“I mean, it’s gonna happen regardless,” he said.
Over 150,000 people attend hempfest, the largest event of its kind, in Seattle.
Here are just a few famous, well respected people who have smoked marijuana: President Barrack Obama, Astrophysicist Carl Sagan, and Olympic Gold-medalist Michael Phelps.
Imagine how many Barrack Obamas, Carl Sagans, and Michael Phelps we lose every day to prohibition.
Marijuana comes in many different varieties, strains, all designed to produce subtly different physiological and psychological effects.
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers try to clear the perimeter after angry medical marijuana advocates and protestors watched plainclothes federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents tackle and arrest a protestor during a DEA raid of a medical marijuana dispensary 25 July 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Medical marijuana facilities are legal under California law, but not under federal law, putting local law enforcement in a difficult position. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Over 205 million dollars in cash found in just a single drug cartel bust.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Because some of us choose a safer alternative than society's acceptable drug?
Why should we lose money on this...
When we stand to gain?
Some of us are doing something about it. NORML has released today the very first national pro-marijuana legalization ad.