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Participants
in
Ann
Arbor’s 47th annual Hash
Bash
found
themselves
under the influence of more
than just cannabis Saturday
afternoon,
as
thousands
gathered at the University
of Michigan’s Diag: several
politicians also found their
way to the city’s popular
weed festival, all hoping
to
convince
voters
they
were
biggest
supporters
of
legalizing
it.
Many
participants and organizers
came hoping this year’s Hash
Bash will be the last before
marijuana is legalized in
the state of Michigan. Many
believe state Congress will
approve ballot proposal in
November to legalize the use
of recreational marijuana for
those 21 and older.
Speakers at this year’s
event included many notable
marijuana
legalization
activists
and
professional
athletes, such as Detroit
Lions running back Mike
James, former Detroit Red
Wings hockey player Darren
McCarty and former NFL
player Eugene Monroe. Local
political figures addressed
the crowd, including Ann
Arbor City Councilmember
Jack
Eaton,
D-Ward
4;
Councilmember
Anne
Bannister, D-Ward 1; and state
Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann
Arbor.
State
politicians
such
as
gubernatorial
candidates
Abdul
El-Sayed
and
Gretchen
Whitmeralso
made
appearances.
El-Sayed
spoke
on
his
support
to
legalize
marijuana,
stating
the
current
law
unjustly
incarcerates youth.
“I’m here as a doctor and
I’m here as a young servant,
and I’m here because I’m
done waiting while young
people
get
arrested
for
something that should not
be illegal,” El-Sayed said,
according to MLive. “We’ve
got to stand up and demand
that we expunge records for
marijuana possession and use
… For too long we’ve watched
as corporations have bought
and sold our politics.”
Whitmer
also
voiced
support
for
marijuana
legalization,
comparing
other
states’
legalization
reforms and believing “we
can do it better here in
Michigan.”
“We are on the cusp of
legalization in Michigan,”
Whitmer said, according to
MLive. “Number one: let’s
just get it done. Number two:
let’s regulate it so it doesn’t
get in the hands of kids
because I know no one here
wants that, and let’s make
sure that we’re taxing it —
maybe we can get to work
filling those damn potholes.
Let’s fix those damn roads.”
LSA
junior
Amal
Alzendani, the U-M campus
field team leader for the
El-Sayed campaign, came
to the Diag to hear the
candidate speak.
“It
was
great
to
see
Abdul
El-Sayed
at
Hash
Bash engaging with voters
to
whom
the
issue
of
marijuana
legalization
is
important,” she wrote in an
email interview. “It seems
clear that Abdul’s stances
regarding marijuana, which
include
expunging
the
records of people who have
previously
been
arrested
for
marijuana-related
charges once it is legalized,
should
be
the
standard
among democrats, as should
the open and vocal support
of its legalization that Abdul
showed by having such a
presence at Hash Bash.”
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