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US VT: Pot Smokers Are Kept Away At U Of Vermont Spring Fest
ccguide Monday 22 Apr 2002 Pubdate: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 Source: Buffalo News (NY) Copyright: 2002 The Buffalo News Contact: Website: http://www.buffalonews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/61 POT SMOKERS ARE KEPT AWAY AT U OF VERMONT SPRING FEST BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The 4/20 celebration at the University of Vermont will go down as the pot party that wasn't. A massive police presence Saturday at the annual April 20 event that used to be a protest against drug laws, often highlighted by hundreds of people smoking marijuana in public, kept the weed away. Instead, Saturday afternoon culminated a three-day drug- and alcohol-free celebration of spring that was designed to keep people from lighting up. "I think today was a great success," university Police Chief Gary Margolis said Saturday afternoon as the party was breaking up. "There were no crowds that got together and lit up." A student group spent $55,000 to create the celebration of spring to divert students from gathering to smoke pot. "Spring Fest" ended with an afternoon of music outside Bailey-Howe Library. Student leaders and administrators said the university could no longer ignore the annual mass dope-smoking because it has tarnished the school's image with lawmakers, alumni and private donors. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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