Public pot-smoking protest at White House scheduled for April 2nd

[jct74]

Bill Maher Inspires Plan for Massive Pot-Smoking Protest at White House
D.C. legalization leader reschedules 4/20 to protest Obama.

By Steven Nelson
March 1, 2016, at 3:02 p.m.

President Barack Obama may smell something familiar on April 2 when marijuana activists inspired by comedian Bill Maher host what they believe will be a massive act of civil disobedience in front of the White House.

The bold protest plan, announced Tuesday by the D.C. Cannabis Campaign, calls for reform advocates to gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House on the Saturday. Speakers will demand that Obama reschedule marijuana without Congress, as he has the power to do, and pardon Americans jailed for marijuana crimes.

And then people will be invited to commit acts of civil disobedience.

To underscore the call for rescheduling marijuana, the protest's April 2 date was selected as a tongue-in-cheek rescheduling of the traditional April 20 pot holiday. Toke-up time, however, remains 4:20 p.m.

“There is a huge pent-up demand for this right now, we actually do have the support to do this,” says Adam Eidinger, organizer of the D.C. Cannabis Campaign.

"We're calling on the whole country to come," he says. "This is a national mobilization. Some of us may end up in jail, and that’s fine. It’s actually necessary at this point.”

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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...or-massive-pot-smoking-protest-at-white-house

 

[RicheyG]

F bill maher

 

[brushfire]

Will maher be toking up too?

 

[jct74]

F bill maher

perhaps, but he doesn't even have anything to do with the event, just to be clear. He was the inspiration for the event and was invited by the organizers to speak, so he may not even be in attendance.

 

[loveshiscountry]

F bill maher

It's not about Maher, it's about freedom.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Is this a libertarian event? Will they be running around naked, too?

 

[Schifference]

Maybe won't be a problem with law enforcement since democrat's are involved.

 

[Jan2017]

"To underscore the call for rescheduling marijuana,
the protest's April 2 date was selected as a tongue-in-cheek rescheduling of the traditional April 20 pot holiday."

"Toke-up time, however, remains 4:20 p.m."

 

[jct74]

here's the facebook page if anyone is interested:

https://www.facebook.com/events/971349576288796/

PUBLIC NOTICE : Due to popular demand, we're rescheduling 4/20 this year to 4/2 because Obama's been a BIG ZER0 on cannabis reform.

President Obama has the power to use his authority to reschedule cannabis. But recent reports have shown that he has no plans to change the status quo and, frankly, that is just pitiful. While we have been able to drastically reduce arrests for marijuana possession in the District of Columbia, millions of Americans across the United States are not so lucky. As long as cannabis is treated in the same category of drugs as heroin, with no accepted medical use, police will continue to arrest & lockup our brothers and sisters.

We will gather outside the White House at 2:00pm on Saturday, April 2 and have speakers from DCMJ and other cannabis advocacy groups. At 4:20pm there will be a mass-consumption* of cannabis. We will not be seeking any type of permit from the National Park Police because it is our constitutional right to peacefully gather and demand Obama stop being hypocrite. He smoked cannabis and became the president of the United States, and while he might think cannabis is a bad habit, does he seriously think it's on par with heroin, nicotine, or alcohol?

Some people think we should not protest President Obama in an election year. But if not now when? Let's make the rescheduling of cannabis a campaign issue now!

This is a challenge to the frontrunners. Will Donald Trump overturn DC's legalization? Has Hillary evolved long enough on the issue of cannabis to support legalization? Will Bernie Sanders taken a national legalization approach instead of a state by state approach? Is Marco Rubio going to lock everyone up again? But most importantly, does Obama want a legacy of being the president who finally ended the failed war on drugs? We're rescheduling 4/20 this year to find out. Join us!

What you can do:
— Click "Going" and invite your friends!
— Tweet with the hashtag #Reschedule420 & follow @DCMJ2014
— Call national cannabis advocacy organizations and ask them to endorse #Reschedule420
— Volunteer with DCMJ to help the protest grow in size http://DCMJ.org/volunteer/

* A 4:20pm Mass-Consumption of cannabis includes smoking, vaping, but also eating. Do you think the National Park Service will go after your brownies, gummies, rice crispy treats, or cookies? Doubtful. As we #Reschedule420 this year, we encourage people who do not want to smoke or vape their cannabis to eat it. So in the misquoted words of Marie Antoinette, LET THEM EAT CAKE!

More details at http://DCMJ.org/

DC Cannabis Campaign is organizing the event:
http://dcmj.org/
https://www.facebook.com/dcmj2014/

 

[Mani]

Is this a libertarian event? Will they be running around naked, too?

No, but there might be some dancing....