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Pot Protest Rally Keeps High Profile!
Posted by FoM on May 02, 1999 at 11:57:26 PT
Source: Access Atlanta
While top entertainers thrilled crowds at the Midtown Music Festival Saturday, hundreds rallied--and some were arrested--at a pot parade and festival at Piedmont Park, and still others packed Auburn Avenue for its annual spring festival.
Later in the day, thousands of fans of the Atlanta Braves made their way into the city for a game at Turner Field, along with another group attending Jazz Under the Stars at Clark Atlanta University, thronged downtown, which is usually quiet on weekends. While the festivals and ball game commanded the most attention, hundreds attended the pot protest. Wearing T-shirts declaring "United We're Stoned and Divided We're Busted," they joined in the Million Marijuana March, parading from City Hall East to Piedmont Park. Atlanta was among 30 cities nationwide where rallies were held Saturday urging the legalization of marijuana . Before the rally got under way around noon, protesters were warned by an organizer, Kenneth Elser, that if they lit up marijuana cigarettes, Atlanta police would arrest them. Many did, and 11 were arrested for possession of marijuana and one for violating the city's ordinance against carrying knives, reported police Maj. Darlene M. Neely. Many drivers passing the protesters at City Hall East blew their horns and raised their fists in support of the demonstrators, who had signs reading: "Free the Weed," "Grow Your Own" and "Free Your Soul From Government Control." One protester, Merlin Clark, 27, of East Point, said he gets his guidance for smoking marijuana from the Bible in Genesis 1:29 "And God said behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is the fruit of the earth and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it shall be for meat." Click the above link for the full article!
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Comment #2 posted by Big Nate on September 05, 2001 at 21:02:26 PT:
2001 potfest
It's at piedmont park on saturday, september 8th, 2001
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Comment #1 posted by T.C. izlamm on March 22, 2001 at 22:42:57 PT:
pot festival info
do you have any info on the next pot festival in atlanta,,ga?   any at all would be appreciated..we're about to blaze one so i'm gone... peace
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