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Hemp Fest educates public on the many uses of marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 07/20/2015 - 08:45

EUGENE, Ore. – Many people from Eugene’s homeless community went to work as volunteers over the weekend at the 11th annual Emerald Valley Hemp Fest.

The volunteers helped run the festival and were given meals for their help.

Local activist groups put on the event to feature dozens of vendors from all over the West Coast.

Organizers said the goal was to educate people on the different uses of the product.

Since recreational pot was legal this year, they said they were worried about people smoking it at the festival. Smoking in public places is illegal.

“We’re in a mindset that when it’s legal and all of a sudden we can do it anywhere and anytime, which is the way it ought to be I believe, but it’s not so. As I like to say, the drug war isn’t over. We won a big battle and we won it big,...

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