Marijuana Activist Aims to Make 4/20 Family Friendly

Should the same festival offer both a “bud garden” and a bouncy castle?

A local medical marijuana advocate is proposing just that for a pro-cannabis event next spring.

Steven Stairs, president of the Winnipeg 4/20 organizing committee, said he’s met with city and provincial officials to discuss ways to add a kid-friendly element to festivities a day after the main event on April 20, 2017.

Otherwise known as 4/20, that’s the day cities around the world host pot-smoking demonstrations.

Stairs stressed the public pot smoke-in at the Manitoba legislature is still meant just for adults. But a bouncy castle or other child activity could be welcomed to one edge of a pro-cannabis festival the following day, while a clearly distinct “bud garden” is proposed for adults to smoke or vape pot.

“We really do want to keep it separate,” Stairs said. “I know it will be contentious to some people.”...

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