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July 4 pot legalization march faces fences, checkpoints, troops

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 13:54

Every July 4 there is a cannabis legalization march from the White House to a concert on the Mall near 23ed st. The march demands an end to all federal, state, and local laws persecuting pot users. Since 2002 the march has had to pass through police checkpoints to get to the concert site. This year there were an unusual number of troops and military vehicles in the streets as well as all those "Freedom American Style" bag search checkpoints.

Video of the pot parade on the Mall(2 min 15 sec)

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Pot parade passes fence, troops, checkpoint

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SOA Watch protests "war on drugs" inside Sen Rubio's office

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 04/24/2015 - 15:31

On the 24th of April, School of the America's Watch activists culimnated several days of lobbying with a direct action protest inside Sen Marco Rubio's office, calling him out for failing to oppose the failed "war on drugs" that has caused spiraling violence violence in Mexico and elsewhere.

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Photo by SOA Watch

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MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL! SIGN NEW 2015 WHITE HOUSE PETITION!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/12/2015 - 20:30

New 2015  White House Petition: MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL!Until your petition reaches 150 signatures, it will not be publicly viewable on the Open Petitions section of We the People, so be sure to share this URL:Short URL: http://wh.gov/ibBscSave and Share this URL: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-marijuana-legal/5WhqqlSb "we petition the obama administration to:MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL!"Published Date: Feb 12, 2015Issues: Agriculture, Civil Rights and Lib

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Statehood, pot legalization activists march against rider to overturn Initiative 71

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 12/11/2014 - 01:12

On the 10th of December, opponents of a rider to overturn DC's voter-approved Initiative 71 marched from the Dept of Justice to the Heritage Foundation on Capitol Hill. Once in the Capitol Hill area they left the sidewalks and blocked streets the way civil rights protesters have been doing for the past few weeks.

26 sec video-We voted, we counted, you must respect our ballot

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Protesting in front of the far-right Heritage Foundation: Julie Borowski photo

July 4th Hemp/Cannabis parade runs into "freedom fence" and checkpoints

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 07/04/2014 - 19:23

On the 4th of July, the annual Hemp/Cannabis legalization march had to pass through the Mall bag search checkpoints, at least one arrest was reported just past the checkpoints. Some others refused to enter the concert area due to the checkpoints. Those checkpoints are probably why this march and concert no longer draws the thousands it used to before George W Bush brought public event checkpoints to DC.

Video of the march and checkpoint encountered

DC is on the verge of legalizing pot, so long as a certain Congressman from MD's Eastern Shore does not succeed in derailing DC's decision. There is a call for a boycott of MD Eastern Shore products due to his interference.

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The hemp/cannabis legalization parade coming down 17th st

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