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Marijuana Myths Dispelled at the 7th Annual Hash Wednesday on April 14, 2004 |
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13 Apr 2004
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Hash Wednesday
April 14, 2004
11am-until we're all partied out
On the UI Quad |
Urbana, IL - April 14, 2004 � Hash Wednesday, sown from the seeds of celebration, proves also to be a day of education and unification. This year the event hosted by the UIUC chapters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) will feature speakers from many of the major drug reform organizations in the country on the University Quad.
A sample of those providing educational speeches and teach-ins include Matt Atwood, executive director of the healthcare policy reform group IDEAL Reform, Caren Thomas of IDEAL Reform and Illinois NORML, and the student chapter of the ACLU. Representatives from campus organizations including the university chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Students for Individual Liberties, and Amnesty International, will be present to extend the issues further into the community.
This large-scale event will rudely awaken the importance of America's drug policy in everyone's lives. Students and community members will benefit from information on student drug testing in schools, racial disparity in prisons, the Higher Education Act, and medical marijuana. "Everyday Americans suffer from the Drug War whether they realize it or not, be it from the violence that prohibition fosters to the alarming rates at which we incarcerate African-American males for drug offences to the suffering of the sick and dying because they have been refused necessary medicine." - Frank Nardulli, Ideal Reform
Hash Wednesday has been around since the 70s, but this is only the second year UIUC NORML/SSDP has been around to organize. "We're hoping to build on last year's success and reach the potential upheld in the deeper history of the event," says Danielle Schumacher, President of the UIUC chapter of NORML/SSDP. For more information about this day check out the UIUC NORML/SSDP website at www.uiucnorml.org. Organized events for Hash Wednesday will begin at 11 am, but feel free to come early and stay late for informative speakers will be around all day! Come debate, destress, and discover!
For more information: www.uiucnorml.org
Contact: fnardull (at) uiuc.edu
Phone: (217) 309 - 4488 |
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