'Tough on crime' stance an odd sight in pot-friendly Ottawa
Urban Compass by Steve Collins, Metro Ottawa On Tuesday, a mass of dope fiends gathered on Parliament Hill to flagrantly smoke marijuana — and the rest of Ottawa barely noticed. Annual 4-20...
View ArticleThousands stage massive 4/20 smoke-ins to protest Canada's pot laws
BY PETER HENDERSON, POSTMEDIA NEWS OTTAWA — The air got thick and hazy in cities across Canada Friday as thousands of marijuana activists lit up to mark 4/20 (April 20), the annual, international day...
View ArticlePot gets political at Ottawa’s 4/20 smoke-in
By Graham Lanktree, Metro Ottawa With the passing of omnibus crime bill C-10 in March, pot activists are saying this year’s 4/20 smoke-in on Parliament Hill is getting political.“We wanted to make it...
View ArticleVancouver's approach to 4/20 is safety, not enforcement
By: Andrew Weichel, ctvbc.ca The thousands of marijuana users and advocates meeting for the annual 4/20 celebration in downtown Vancouver Friday know they can breathe easy. That's because police have...
View ArticleVancouver 420 pot festival organizer admits underage tokers are a problem at...
BY CASSIDY OLIVIER, THE PROVINCE In an ideal world, Jacob Hunter, the organizer of the wildly popular 420 pot festival in Vancouver, wouldn’t have to worry about underage kids toking up at the annual,...
View ArticleThe Origins of April 20th as a Day of Celebrating Cannabis
The biggest celebration day in the cannabis culture is April 20. The April 20 (4/20) celebration originally started in the mid 1970s as the time of day after school, 4:20 pm, for high school students...
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