Pubdate: Tue, 21 Apr 2009
Source: Metro (Vancouver, CN BC)
Page: 3
Copyright: 2009 Metro Canada
Contact:  http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3775
Author: Mine Salkin
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CITY ART GALLERY GOES TO POT

Thousands Light Up Joints To Celebrate Cannabis Culture At 4/20 Event

A crowd of more than 5,000 people lit joints and got high outside the 
Vancouver Art Gallery yesterday to celebrate 4/20, the annual 
cannabis culture gala.

The impenetrable mass of people at the event counted down to 4:20 
p.m., and then proceeded to spark up joints, pipes and bongs. The sky 
filled with a massive plume of smoke.

 From teenagers to the middle-aged, the festivity attracted a wide 
demographic of pot smokers.

Jannis, who moved to Vancouver from Germany in July after graduating 
from culinary school, rolled up a hash joint and drank imported beer 
on the steps of the VAG.

"I've never seen anything like this before," he said, adding that he 
was surprised to see the size of the celebration.

"The people here really know how to enjoy themselves," he said. "I 
think 4/20 is an indicator for this kind of lifestyle."

An 18-year-old girl sitting with her friends said that they had been 
waiting more than two years to participate in the event.

"We came all the way from Calgary for this," she said.

"We had to lie to our moms," said one of her friends.

B.C. Green Party candidate Jodie Emery and her husband, Marc Emery 
from the B.C. Marijuana Party, were seen handing out pamphlets for 
the upcoming May 12 election.

"Some people have been here since 7:30 this morning," Jodie Emery said.

"It's a great crowd today."
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