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Pro-marijuana activists say Greece's far-left government should bring in new legislation
A different kind of air blew over Syntagma square over the weekend as hundreds of Greeks gathered opposite the parliament and smoked at the Athens Cannabis Protestival, the first pro-cannabis legalization celebration to take place in the country's capital.
People attended the event organized by pro-legalisation groups and called on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' newly-elected government to change legislation in Greeceand allow the use and self-cultivation of medical and recreational cannabis.
The organizers set up banners at the square reading 'Nature is not illegal' and'Cannabis is a medicine.'
They used the marble stairs that lead from the square to the Greek Assembly as a stage where dj sets and live bands performed for the crowds. One of the event's organizers said legislation was changing all around the world and Greece should follow suit.
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