Poetic: Hippies Shut Down South Street

Here’s a bunch of protesters at Saturday’s Global Cannabis March down South Street. “THC, Fine by me!” was apparently this year’s chant du jour. The best sign I saw in there was “Hey America, let’s blow this joint: Liberate marijuana!”

And, yes, I’m still blogging at Drug Roar with the green and the pot logo and the hey hey. This week’s column is about criminalization of salvia divinorum (and other drugs) as a tool of first resort. It turned out okay.

Global Cannabis March This Saturday

Also on Saturday is the Global Cannabis March, the annual event protesting the nearly a million arrests a year for marijuana crimes, most for simple possession. I covered this last year, naturally; only later did I learn that Herb Hash and Stoney McGlynn were not the best pot-related baseball names — there was a pitcher who played briefly for Philadelphia named Lil Stoner.

The march takes place in over 200 cities worldwide; the Philly march starts at Broad and South; meet at around 4, march at 4:20. The speakers include Sonnet Gabbard of Americans for Safe Access (a medical marijuana group), Amber Langston of Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Fraser Frazier of PhillyNORML and Freshgrocer. And check out the sweet t-shirt (pictured).

I know what you’re thinking: Only Lil Stoner could think he could be in two places at once. Well, whatever, I’ll be a little late after I get eliminated from the RPS tournament and I’m done refereeing. Hell, with how I play I’ll probably end up done early.

Update: Meanwhile, a report from Brazil says a court has banned the Global Cannabis March. There are people in America who’d like to do this, too, actually.