Saturday, August 21, 2010

Hempfest Attracts Crowd of Serious Marijuana Supporters, Plus Some Stoners

While Pakalanalani dressed as a fairy with purple cannabis elf ears and handed out leis weed, doctors spoke at the Hemposium about patient use of medical marijuana. 

Hempfest spanned the Serious to the stoned is Seattle's waterfront Saturday. 

Crowds packed Myrtle Edwards Park, Elliott Bay Park and Olympic Sculpture Park To Listen to music, browse More Than 100 Booths and vendor shop for bongs. 

As people stopped Thurs take photos of her, Pakalanalani Asked for donations That'll help pay for her outfit. Donors Received a lei. 

Self-named for "Heavenly plant," Pakalanalani Traveled from Eugene, Ore., Thu Hempfest attendee, wakes Continues through Sunday. 

Saturday, about 150.000 Thurs Turned out lounge in the sun on the waterfront, Organizers woo. 

"The young people are here to have a good time. The old people are here to educate and get young people to join in," said Allison Bigelow, a Volunteer Organizer Ken works as a patient advocate at Dunshee House, an HIV / AIDS support group in Seattle. 

Hempfest Admission is free, but their Organizers Suggest attendees make a donation of $ 10 Thurs cover the event costs $ 350.000. Sponsors and booth-vendor fees are also Life Style Used to Pay for the event, WCG is run by volunteers. 

Sensible Washington Used Hempfest Thurs launch a second campaign Thurs pass a voter Initiative Thurs legalize marijuana in 2011, failing on Thurs Collect Enough signatures Thurs put Initiative 1068 on the Ballot this year. 

"We know marijuana is just a safe, benign, Therapeutic substance," said Douglas Hiatt, a medical-marijuana attorney and chair of Sensible Washington. 

For $ 1, Bong Pong attendees and manually bounce a Ping-Pong ball into a plastic cup and win a bong from the Fweedom Collective. 

Many attendees sported Mardi Gras beads with cannabis leaf-shaped beads. 

Nick Delmedico, a 19-year-old from Central Washington University, was playing Burt Bacharach on the tuba for contributions. His tuba case had a cardboard sign That read, "My parents smoked away my college funds." 

His mom was camped out on a lounge chair next to him.

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