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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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