It was a great day to be in Madison, folks: sunny, warm and the spirits were high as Wisconsinites took to marching on a bustling Saturday afternoon in beautiful downtown Madison, Wisconsin.
Madison NORML presents the local version of the Global Cannabis March on Sat. May 1, 2010. Gather around 11:30 am-12 noon at the N. Hamilton St. corner of the State Capitol. We will rally there as the Farmer’s Market winds down and at around 1pm march down State St. and beyond to the Mifflin St. Block Party, where the march dissolves into the Block Party crowd.
MADISON: The latest fight for medical cannabis legislation in Wisconsin officially came to an end on April 22 with the release of “An Open Letter To Supporters Of Medical Marijuana” from State Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison) and Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Waunakee), announcing that AB554/SB368, the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act had run out of time in the current session. An article in the University of Wisconsin Badger Herald discussed the development.
While the failure of AB554/SB368 to pass is a setback, it is certainly not the end. State activists are already looking ahead not just to next session, but to laying the foundation for victory next session. The important thing they say is unity.
MADISON: Cannabis law reform supporters across Wisconsin will be joining their cannabis colleagues across the nation and world in celebrating April 20 or 4/20 with at least three events Tuesday.
According to Wikipedia, “The term originated from a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, in 1971″. They would meet after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke cannabis. In recent years it has blossomed into a major counterculture holiday, with more celebrations each year.
In Madison, according to a Facebook page titled, “4:20, 4/20″, there is a gathering set for Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 4:20pm – 4:40pm on Bascom Hill, on the University of Wisconsin: Madison campus, and a traditional location of cannabis events in Madison in the 60s and 70s and beyond.
4:20, 4/20
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Time: 4:20pm – 4:40pm
Location: Bascom Hill, Madison
