UK: Protest goes to pot
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Pub Date: Monday, 6 A May 2002
Subj: UK: Protest goes to pot: (Hull march)
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/news/052002/06/cannabis.shtml
PROTEST GOES TO POT
The organiser of yesterday's 'Legalise cannabis' march through Hull city centre says he was disappointed with the turnout.
An estimated 300 people joined the demonstration, which led from Queen's Gardens, near Hull's main police station to Pearson Park.
Although many of the marchers openly smoked Cannabis, the watching police didn't make any arrests.
Carl Wagner, who's behind the demo, had estimated that a thousand people would turn up, when in reality, it was nowhere near that number of people. He said: "I think it went very well.
"I'm a little disappointed with the numbers, more from the point of view from the people who are missing.
"The people who should be here, the people who claim they are environmentalists. Cannabis legalisation affects everybody."
Carl Wagner is also the owner of Divine Herb, a stall in Hull's indoor market selling a range of hemp products from pasta to candles.
BBCi Humber's Christine Demsteader has been to the market to find our more about the stall and it's owner, who also wants to open Hull's first 'cannabis cafe'.