Pubdate: Sun, 18 Aug 2002
Source: Tacoma News Tribune (WA)
Copyright: 2002 Tacoma News Inc.
Contact:  http://www.tribnet.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/442

SEATTLE: 80,000 TURN OUT FOR HEMPFEST, MORE EXPECTED AT PARK TODAY

Associated Press -- An estimated 80,000 people packed Myrtle Edwards Park 
along the city's waterfront Saturday for the first day of Hempfest, a 
weekend festival aimed at changing the nation's marijuana laws.

Seattle police were out in force for the event, but there was no shortage 
of joints, pipes or puffy clouds of pot.

"This stuff never hurt nobody," said Bud Mack, 54, a Vietnam veteran who 
attended Hempfest with his daughter, Rainbow.

Organizers said they expect a larger turnout than last summer, when 150,000 
people attended. Hempfest is billed as the largest such event in the world.

Four people were arrested, KCPQ-TV reported Saturday night.
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