Pubdate: Thu, 07 Aug 2003
Source: NOW Magazine (Canada)
Copyright: 2003 NOW Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nowtoronto.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/282
Author: Steven Bacon, Federal Exemptee/MMAR
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03.n884.a11.html

PEACE, LOVE, MUSIC AND POT

Despite the misleading propaganda by police Chief Julian Fantino, half
a million people thoroughly enjoyed the Stones/SARS concert in Toronto
last week where thousands upon thousands of joints were burned. I
attended sporting a Canadian cannabis leaf flag. I had a wonderful
time meeting and posing for photos with hundreds of concert fans.

I'm a former fire and rescue worker myself, and I noticed that all the
EMS people I came across were thumbs-up and beaming at the sight of
the leaf. Not once did I get so much as a smile from a cop, and they
were roaming everywhere.

With only 21 alcohol-related arrests and no reported medical incidents
other than dehydration, I would conclude the obvious: that peace,
love, music and marijuana always go hand and hand..

Steven Bacon

Milton,Ontario
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