Thousands rally for legalization in Massachusetts

[Fozzledick]

NORTHAMPTON - The 25th annual marijuana advocacy festival, Extravaganja, drew thousands to the Three County Fairgrounds with live music and a tolerant atmosphere toward open consumption.

After 24 years, the event put on by the UMass Cannabis Reform Coalition had grown too large for its previous home on the Town Common in downtown Amherst, and the town denied the permit. Organizers said this year's event in Northampton was expected to bring in nearly 7,000 people.

Vendors selling glass pipes, vaporizers and other marijuana memorabilia encircled the crowd chilling out on the lawn and enjoying performances by bands like Roots of Creation and Shokazoba. As with previous Extravaganjas, many attendees were openly smoking marijuana.



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[Warren DeMontague]

1. The East Coast will get there eventually.

But it'll take longer, I think.

[rhett o rick]

2. Clinton thinks that legalization will really cut into the profits of her Prisons For Profits. nm

[passiveporcupine]

3. Because she's smart enough to know that marijuana is not a dangerous drug

or even a gateway drug. She is only against it because of her earlier stance on being tough on crime and the war on drugs, or because she is afraid of losing votes, or because she just hasn't evolved enough yet...or the most important reason, because she gets too much money from for-profit prisons who need those prisoners who are just mild offenders.