Thousands celebrate 43rd Hash Bash on U-M campus in Ann Arbor

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(Detroit Free Press) For 42 years, “Free the weed!” has been the rallying cry of the marijuana faithful who gather in Ann Arbor for a smoky rite of spring called Hash Bash.

At this year’s outdoor celebration of illicit pleasure at the University of Michigan, which drew an estimated 8,000 people today under sunny skies, that cry and the speeches it punctuated had added impact amid the growing national sentiment for treating marijuana more like alcohol and less like lethal streets drugs such as heroin.

“How many of you out there have weed?” shouted Adam Brook, 46, of Royal Oak, the event’s longtime emcee. Thousands of hands went up.

“OK, just remember, you can get arrested,” said Brook, as two campus police walked off the speaker’s platform. U-M campus police Sgt. Pat Alesi said he warned Brook not to encourage marijuana use. .....................(more)

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