Victory Celebration After Legalization of Pot

Thousands streamed into a Seattle waterfront park Friday for the opening of a three-day marijuana festival — an event that is part party, part protest and part victory celebration after the legalization of pot in Washington and Colorado last fall. “This is going to be the biggest year for Hempfest,” said Jack Beattie, an 18-year-old […]

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Victory Celebration After Legalization of Pot

Thousands streamed into a Seattle waterfront park Friday for the opening of a three-day marijuana festival — an event that is part party, part protest and part victory celebration after the legalization of pot in Washington and Colorado last fall. “This is going to be the biggest year for Hempfest,” said Jack Beattie, an 18-year-old […]

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High security for Denver Marijuana Celebration

As tens of thousands of people gather to celebrate and smoke marijuana in Denver, police will be out in full force. But it’s not the pot smoking they’re concerned about at the yearly event, billed as the nation’s largest April 20 celebration. Instead, police say they’re focused on crowd security in light of attacks that […]

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