When
4:20 PM on April 20, 2013
Where
The State House
Concord, New Hampshire
Concord, New Hampshire
Why
Marijuana prohibition has gone on long enough. The United States jails more people than any other nation—both in absolute numbers and as a proportion of the population—and the vast majority of those people are in jail for the victimless, consensual “crime” of consuming a substance that the government doesn’t approve of. Numerous attempts to pass legislation relaxing marijuana prohibition have failed. An additional tactic is clearly called for.
Some people attend the rallies to protest the current state of affairs. Some people smoke at the rallies as an act of civil disobedience. And some people have simply given up caring what the government’s “laws” say they must not do.
Senate committee votes to kill decrim bill
Wed, 2010-04-14 20:40 -0400 — jraxis
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted 5–0 to recommend rejection of HB1653, this year’s attempt at marijuana decriminalization. Committee members claimed that since the Governor is threatening a veto anyway, there’d be no point in passing the bill. The bill is yet to be voted on by the full Senate, but with a unanimous recommendation from the committee, it’s unlikely that the bill will be anything but killed. The bill had previously passed the House with a 214–137 vote. The Eagle-Tribune has the full story.
This vote comes a mere six days before the planned 420 at 4:20 on 4/20 rally on the State House lawn.