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More than 100 people show their support in the Millennium Marijuana March Saturday afternoon.
Marijuana
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speakers addressed a crowd of
about 150 people, and a handful of
marchers lit up their pipes despite
the police escort.
“We’re marching to get back the
basic right that should have never
been taken away — our right to al
ter our consciousness,” Will I. Am
Winget said. “Taxpayers should be
outraged to have to pay for non-vi
olent pot smokers to be kept in
jail.”
The marchers’ plea for America
to end the war on drugs echoed
throughout downtown Eugene as
they shouted: “What do we want?
Drug peace. When do we want it?
Now.”
Outside the courthouse, several
speakers, including City Council
Ward 3 candidate Ron “Misha”
Seymour and mayoral candidate
Lazar Makyadath, extolled free
dom of speech and assembly. Most
speakers argued that marijuana
should be legalized because it’s
less lethal than alcohol and tobac
co and doesn’t lead to violent be
havior.
“Hundreds of thousands of peo
ple die from drugs in hospitals,
but nobody dies from marijuana,”
Seymour said.
“The drug war is propaganda
for war, a war against us all,” Sow
Much Hemp employee Bruce
Mullican said, asking for pot
smokers to sign petitions being cir
culated that call for legalizing
recreational use of marijuana in
Oregon.
In 1998, Oregon voters ap
proved the use of marijuana for
medicinal purposes.
“We are hemp culture,” Mulli
can said. “We support marijuana
growers, smokers and dealers.”
The lone voice of dissent at the
event, John English, director of For
Our Children’s Children, took the
stage and pointed out the medical
hazards of smoking marijuana.
Short term effects of smoking
marijuana include increased
pulse rate, impairment of logical
thinking, confusion, restlessness,
anxiety or panic, impaired motor
ability, altered perception and in
creased appetite. Though over
dose is highly unlikely, long term
effects of smoking cannabis in
clude diminished sex drive, respi
ratory disease, lung cancer, memo
ry impairment and impaired
immune system.
However, English’s comments
were drowned out by shouts, boos
and calls for him to leave the stage.
Despite the brief shouting
match, the protest was peaceful
and jovial.
After leaving Skinner Butte
Park, marchers walked briskly as
the march took on a comet-like
shape with the bulk of marchers
crowded at the front of the proces
sion and a tail of new arrivals
straggling behind.
Some marchers carried brightly
colored posters emblazoned with
such slogans as “Free The Drug
War POWs” and “Don’t smoke it
—tokeit.”
Bongo drums and trumpet calls
maintained a counterpoint to the
footsteps while occasional plumes
of smoke rose above the marchers
and the pungent smell of burning
cannabis wafted through the air.
As the march led into down
town, shoppers and employees at
nearby businesses stood in door
ways to watch the spectacle.
Nancy Stelfox, a picture framer
at McDonald Gallery Fine Fram
ing, said the march wasn’t affect
ing business but was a welcomed
sight “adding a little interest to the
day.”
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