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Canada: 'Pot doesn't need any more regulation than tomatoes': Large crowds rallying on Hill expected for 420

Alison Sandstrom

Ottawa Citizen

Wednesday 20 Apr 2016

Despite the sunny 15 C forecast, expect clouds above Parliament Hill on Wednesday as thousands of people gather for the annual 420 rally to smoke marijuana and push for the drug’s legalization.

Ottawa police are warning drivers to expect traffic disruptions downtown as roads could be clogged with crowds on the Hill and possibly Major’s Hill Park. No road closures are planned at this time, police said.

Pro-legalization activist Russell Barth said Ottawa’s 420 rally is unique because of its location.

“There’s nowhere else in the world where 420 happens this close to the seat of power,” Barth said. “It’s happening literally in the government’s lap.”

David-George Oldham, the event’s organizer, said the good weather could bring out upwards of 8,000 people.

Oldham, also founder of the Algonquin Rasta Collective, a medical marijuana patients’ rights group, said he wants to keep the focus of the event on pushing for affordable access to marijuana for all Canadians who want it. He’s concerned the Liberal’s plan for legalization, the details of which remain hazy, may favour corporate interests over the needs of consumers.

“Myself and hundreds of other activists across the country that started this trade out of compassion and acts of responsible civil disobedience should be given the respect we deserve, not people that have never been involved just trying to make some money,” said Oldham.

Barth shares his skepticism.

“A lot of people are catching onto the fact that maybe what the Liberals consider legalization is not actually legalization, but just a rejiggering of the prohibitions that are in place,” said Barth. “They keep talking about strict regulations, that’s just another prohibition. Pot doesn’t need anymore regulation than tomatoes.”

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