OFF: hash bash

[Ken Alexander]

Can't you just imagine Hawkwind playing at this event?
Anyone want to try to convince them for next year?  :-)

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        ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 5 (UPI) -- Marijuana advocates were back on
the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor (Saturday) for the 26th annual
``Hash Bash'' rally, but rain extinguished some of the enthusiasm this year.
        The event drew a crowd of about 2,000 people, ranging from pro-hemp
activists to curious passers-by. Last year's gathering, held under
sunnier skies, drew about 5,000.
        A noontime speaker addressed a crowd on a campus quad for about an
hour. Later in the afternoon, other activists called for legalizing marijuana
and promoting the use of hemp from the balcony of an off-campus bar.
        Campus security officers made at least 38 drug-related arrests on the
day, while Ann Arbor police ticketed more than 100 people for marijuana use.
        The City of Ann Arbor takes a relatively tolerant attitude toward pot
smokers, issuing $25 citations to those caught using marijuana on city
property.
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