Politics & Government

Free Marijuana at Trump's Inauguration Offered by DC Cannabis Group

A D.C. cannabis advocacy group says it will march to Trump's inauguration and hand out thousands of joints along the way.

WASHINGTON, DC — Anyone know what time Donald Trump's inauguration is going to be on Jan. 20? For a bunch of people in attendance, it'll be at 4:20, no matter what the clock says. That's because the D.C. Cannabis Campaign (which also calls itself DCMJ) is planning to hand out thousands of joints of marijuana on Inauguration Day as a protest against pot continuing to be a violation of federal law even as state after state legalizes it.

The advocacy group is calling it the inaugural #Trump420, and it is taking place on Jan. 20, the same day that Trump is to be sworn into office.

The group will gather on the west side of Dupont Circle at 8 a.m. for coffee and tea and then parade down to the National Mall at 10 a.m.

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"Along the way, we'll hand out 4,200 joints of legally grown cannabis!" its website states. "At 4 minutes and 20 seconds into President Trump's speech we'll light up! (unless President Trump comes out now in support of full cannabis legalization in all 50 States and DC!)"

The Metropolitan Police Department is unlikely to do anything about the march, as cannabis has been legalized in D.C. However, toking up in the District is still a bit riskier than in other states that have legalized it because of all the federal law enforcement agencies that roam the nation's capital and still consider marijuana a criminal offense.

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But DCMJ is pretty chill about the whole situation, as you'd expect.

"We legalized cannabis in Washington, DC and we are not going to let anyone take that away from us!" the site adds. "This is an outreach opportunity to show President Trump’s supporters we are the marijuana majority! Join us for smokin’ fun time!"

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