Thousands of protesters have a spliffing time

Jamie Wilson- The Guardian

Monday May 6, 2002

Thousands of pro-cannabis demonstrators held peaceful marches and outdoor parties, picnics and festivals in cities across Britain at the weekend to campaign for legalisation of the drug.

The marches in London, Manchester and Birmingham, were part of almost 200 similar events planned around the world this weekend billed as the Million Marijuana March.

"The march is to protest for legalisation and the festival is a celebration of cannabis," said Shane Collins, licensee for the Cannabis Carnival in Brixton, south London, on Saturday, which had begun with a carnival style march from Kennington Park. "Because cannabis has been downgraded to a class C drug, a lot of people think it's now legal. It is not. If we want to get rid of the problems of prohibition we have to get rid of prohibition 100%."

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