Free Marijuana To Be Given Out For Flood Relief In Colorado

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.