There may be closed signs on the doors of dispensaries around Greater Victoria, but over at the B.C. legislature celebrations were underway Wednesday afternoon B次元官网网址� complete with free joints for anyone swinging through.
Longtime cannabis activist Dana Larsen B次元官网网址� who once ran for the B.C. NDP leadership against John Horgan B次元官网网址� stood on the steps of the leg handing out marijuana plants, pre-rolled joints and cannabis seeds on the day Canada made weed legal.
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Holding a bag with joints ready to place in the hands of those in attendance, Larsen reminded people WednesdayB次元官网网址檚 event was both a celebration and a protest.
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Vancouver-based cannabis activist and dispensary owner Dana Larsen is giving away free joints and live plants at B.C. Legislature in celebration of cannabis legalization.
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The founder of the B.C. Marijuana Party, the Canadian Marijuana Party and the Vancouver Dispensary Society is well-known for his freebies. In 2016, he famously gave away more than 2 million cannabis seeds and 5 million more in 2017; he is also the author of Hairy Pothead and the Marijuana Stone, Green Buds and Hash and The Pie-Eyed Piper.
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Speaking to a crowd assembled on the legislature lawn, Larsen called on the provincial government to end their B次元官网网址減rohibition mentality.B次元官网网址�
Disappointed with the way cannabis legislation has come down because of B次元官网网址渉arsh penaltiesB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址渟trict regulations far, far beyond the kind of rules and penalties they put in for alcohol,B次元官网网址� Larsen said gathering at the legislature was a way of drawing attention to the way the B.C. NDP and the Green Party have handled the issue.
B次元官网网址淚t stigmatizes cannabis, thereB次元官网网址檚 no reason for that and itB次元官网网址檚 the government telling us B次元官网网址� donB次元官网网址檛 stigmatize drug users,B次元官网网址� he explained. B次元官网网址淭hat to me is an awful hypocrisy.B次元官网网址�
- With files from Keri Coles and Arnold Lim
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