Pubdate: Tue, 20 Apr 2004
Source: Buffalo News (NY)
Copyright: 2004 The Buffalo News
Contact:  http://www.buffalonews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/61
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PRO-MARIJUANA SMOKE-OUT PLANNED

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Canadian pro-marijuana activists will stage a 
smoke-out on the Canada-U.S. border in the middle of the Rainbow Bridge at 
4:20 p.m. today to call attention to marijuana issues. The smoke-out will 
follow a march along Highway 420 to the bridge. Organizers say that 4/20 
has long been used as an underground shorthand for marijuana.

Speakers will include pro-legalization New Democratic political candidate 
Rui Pires of Toronto; Canadian federal medical marijuana exemptees Alison 
Myrden, Marco Renda and Steven Bacon, who will talk about the 
ineffectiveness of the medical marijuana program; and Matt Mernagh, founder 
of the Niagara Compassion Center.

Event organizer Marko Ivancicevic, noting that more than 2 million 
Canadians smoke marijuana, said, "I believe that there's a lot of very 
useful information for people to learn about the marijuana issue and the 
negative effects of prohibition."
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