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US WA: Seattle's Hemp Festival A Great Big Hit
ccguide Wednesday 21 Aug 2002 Pubdate: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 Source: Register-Guard, The (OR) Copyright: 2002 The Register-Guard Contact: Website: http://www.registerguard.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/362 SEATTLE'S HEMP FESTIVAL A GREAT BIG HIT SEATTLE - An estimated 80,000 people packed Myrtle Edwards Park along the city's waterfront Saturday for the first day of Hempfest, a weekend festival aimed at changing the nation's marijuana laws. Seattle police were out in force for the event, but there was no shortage of joints, pipes or puffy clouds of pot. "This stuff never hurt nobody," said Bud Mack, 54, a Vietnam veteran who attended Hempfest with his daughter, Rainbow. Organizers said they expect a greater turnout than last summer, when 150,000 people attended. Hempfest is billed as the largest such event in the world, with protesters arguing for the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana. Hempfest director Dominic Holden likes to call it a "protestival." - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens
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