Seattle Marijuana March, May 3, 2008

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The Seattle Liberate Marijuana March was quite a success, especially considering the rainy weather, with an initial turnout estimated at around 400 people at Volunteer Park, which grew all along the march route, and the Westlake Park crowd estimated at between 700 and 1,000 people for the finale. Big kudos to Joanna McKee, Martin Martinez, and Vivian McPeak for helping to make this thing happen.

The day began at noon in Volunteer Park, with the assembled throng marching and chanting through downtown Seattle (to the delighted thumbs-up, smiles and honking car horns of many passersby), and ended up at Westlake Park for speeches and musical performances.

Among the highlights of the day for me were rousing addresses by Martin Martinez of CannabisMD.org and famed Seattle attorney Douglas Hiatt, who may well be the hardest working man in the medical marijuana movement.

A recurring throughout the day was the memory of Tim Garon and his brave fight for life after being denied a liver transplant due to his legal, physician-approved use of medical marijuana. Tim's presence was felt most acutely when Hiatt, who represented him, gave one of the most moving and impassioned speeches of the day centering on Garon's struggle against the forces of ignorance and anti-marijuana prejudice.

Hiatt said Garon made him promise that he'd do all he could to prevent such a thing from happening to anyone else -- and he exhorted the crowd: "Help me keep my promise to Tim Garon."

Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna says I can't have my legal medicine until I'm off probation, but lemme tell ya: it sure smelled good in Volunteer Park, along the entire march route, and at Westlake for the finale. You can bet I'm looking forward to October when I can finally do something about this constant nausea.

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• medical
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[ddavid993]

in my opinion if there gonna do marches in the U.S.A people shouldnt dress like hippies... sence they are seen in many eyes are LSD TRIPPERS ext ext.... common people if u want this to legalize dress more professionally. ITS ALMOST LEGAL HERE IN CALIFORNIA

[alapoet]

In MY opinion, people should dress any damn way they please.

I am what I am.

[enki422]

oh, and if you have it, would you please isolate the video of the trannie, sister vixen, i think and put that on here? i only got a few moments of his/her performance, but it was awesome!

[alapoet]

I only have a minute and a half of Sister VixXxen's performance (my batteries picked a bad time to run down, and I had to sprint to the drug store to get more), but I'll post what I do have...

There's enough to tell that she freakin' rules. :-)

[wesday]

That is a well organized event... I'd like to help get one of these going in Birmingham.

[Obiwannatokie]

Good to see so many people trying to make a difference.

[romanroundtheblock]

@ddavid993 - yea and how about we all become laywers and judges and microwave our penises and vaginas!!!! get out of here with your "lets all dress professional and act like professional stoners" BULLSHIT!

[rich2rock]

There are far more important issue that have a higher priority. Unite, don't fight.

[WussupBabe]

yo I just moved back to Seattle recently after being away for 9 years. do the cops here really not care? Not that iM worrried anyway I notice it seems like they realyl dont and the bud here is sick Seattle rocks! wooo!

[ananuninki]

We must keep up our fight for the right of a plant this world came with, and well equipped to nurture and have as a part of the GREEN times..This one plant is our answer...peace

[iluvdakushgroove]

these people are stronger word against our shitty government and bad policy

[Rtm182]

YA piggy get on that bike, oh whats wrong cant peddle?

[Fastlan3]

we all know better, but the people we are trying to convince, see it differently... so out of the respect for the movement, it should be considered.

GO HERE!! Select an Agenda! sign it, and send!

H.R. 5842: The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

H.R. 5843: The Personal Use Act

***(dot)mpp(dot)org/federal-ac­tion/***

[GloFreak]

I don't think we need to end the drug war, because i think some drugs need to be fought against, I just think we should leave marijuana out of it.