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Less of a bash, more issues to hash
Focus of marijuana festival shifts from freedom to party to freedom from pain
Sunday, April 03, 2005
BY KHALIL E. HACHEM
News Staff Reporter
Drizzling rain and cold weren't enough to keep about 900 people Saturday from congregating on the University of Michigan Diag to hear music and speeches calling for the legalization of marijuana.
They came for the annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash, held each year on the first Saturday in April. This was the 34th bash.
The number of participants was smaller than last year's estimated 1,500, but organizers said they were pleased with the turnout.
U-M freshman Amy Steiker said she came to check out the Hash Bash and support legalizing marijuana for medical purposes only. "I don't support it for all uses," she said.
Lila Frazer of Traverse City said medical use is a first step, and legalizing marijuana for all proposes is the ultimate goal.
Some participants, clad with fake marijuana leaves around their necks and heads, waved signs, beat drums, circulated petitions to legalize marijuana and handed out information that said the plant had various benefits.
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-12/111252300067151.xml
Less of a bash, more issues to hash
Focus of marijuana festival shifts from freedom to party to freedom from pain
Sunday, April 03, 2005
BY KHALIL E. HACHEM
News Staff Reporter
Drizzling rain and cold weren't enough to keep about 900 people Saturday from congregating on the University of Michigan Diag to hear music and speeches calling for the legalization of marijuana.
They came for the annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash, held each year on the first Saturday in April. This was the 34th bash.
The number of participants was smaller than last year's estimated 1,500, but organizers said they were pleased with the turnout.
U-M freshman Amy Steiker said she came to check out the Hash Bash and support legalizing marijuana for medical purposes only. "I don't support it for all uses," she said.
Lila Frazer of Traverse City said medical use is a first step, and legalizing marijuana for all proposes is the ultimate goal.
Some participants, clad with fake marijuana leaves around their necks and heads, waved signs, beat drums, circulated petitions to legalize marijuana and handed out information that said the plant had various benefits.
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-12/111252300067151.xml
