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.
Update on Jim Johnson and Big Mike
Mon, 2010-04-19 23:16 -0400 — jraxis
Both Jim Johnson and Big Mike were arraigned today in Nashua. Big Mike was given cash-only bail, and refuses to pay anything to the government, so he is still being held at the Hillsborough County Jail on Valley Street in Manchester; Jim was released on personal recognizance and is now free pending trial.
Big Mike’s trial will be on 2010-05-17 in Nashua District Court. Jim Johnson’s trial will be on 2010-05-24.
Several protests took place in front of the jail in Manchester until Big Mike was released on 2010-05-03.
The Nashua Telegraph has more: “Two more arrested over pot protest.”