There’s going to be some smoke on the water in Boulder, CO.
After
devastating floods shut down the state and claimed the lives of ten
people, residents in this college mountain town are trying to get back
tobusiness as usual, which includes smoking some ganja.
Organizers are set to hand out free joints today on Boulder’s bustling Pearl Street Mall, the Daily Camera reported.
While
much of the city is focused on rebuilding, the giveaway is an effort to
help “stressed out recreational users” who may have lost their stashes
to flooding. It’s also supposed to serve as a protest a marijuana sales
tax ballot that will ask voters in November to approve a 15-percent
excise tax.
“Boulder
has been victimized by floods,” said Rob Corry, who helped organize the
event and hopes to defeat the tax ballot. “We want to bring some flood
relief to folks.”
The
idea first started two weeks ago, when Corry and other organizers
against the ballot handed out free joints in Denver. Despite long lines
and a police presence, there were no arrests, The Denver Post reported.
“I
wish I could have gotten a bigger one because there were blunts in
there,” said recreational user Janet Osborn, 27, at the Denver event. “I
got probably the smallest one. But it’s OK. It’s free.”
Monday’s event is expected to see smaller numbers than the Denver event saw, where more than 600 joints were passed out.
“I’m sure there won’t be too much public consumption [at the Boulder event],” Corry said.
Flood relief donations also will be accepted at the event
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