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Lansing protest follows Hash Bash weekend

Following Hash Bash and the Monroe Street Fair's record crowd, a protest in Lansing will be held on Tuesday, April 9.

LANSING- A protest against the infringement of marijuana rights in Michigan is planned for Tuesday, April 9 at noon.

The protest is expected to last until 3pm. Also on the agenda is a 10:30 gathering at the Robert C Randall Memorial Wellness Center, on Michigan Avenue just east of the state capitol, to video record a version of the Harlem Shake featuring Michigan residents.

The rally has been dubbed "Protecting the sick and the people's right to vote". The official posting for the event appears on Facebook:

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It is important that we unify.  Everyone who believes that this is good medicine, individual rights, or recreational use must be there.  The government violated the constitution, defied the people and numerous laws in order to steal your rights.  As a community we must come together.  This is the only way that the public will know what these tyrants have done.  Fragmentation means defeat.  This is our chance to stop the corporate takeover of marijuana.  We don't need corporations to grow our medicine.  We n...eed the working folks of the State of Michigan farming.  The people built this market.  Corporations and government are preparing to reap the harvest of your labor. While people have starved  they have distributed your wealth to these corporations.  You will not get another chance to defend yourselves.  Participate when we ask and we will make these tyrants pay for what they have done.  We will be active from the local to the federal level.  Do not let anyone divide you.  Prepare to fight for your lives.  Never has there been a more righteous cause.  Tens of thousands of Michigan's sick have been ruthlessly cut off from their medicine.  The Supreme Court in a ruling that  defied logic, reasoning and human compassion rewrote the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act.   Everyone should join us.  The human tragedy that has be concocted by these criminals is of a historical magnitude.  Help us build an appropriate response.  Time to visit the house.

The rally comes only a few days after 8,000 people showed courageous support for reform of Michigan's marijuana laws during the 42nd year of Hash Bash celebrations in Ann Arbor on Saturday. A reported record crowd attended the Monroe Street Fair during and following the Bash; the MSF had an estimated 10,000 people attend this year.

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