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First Cannabis Festival in Greece

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 05/09/2015 - 16:46

The first cannabis festival in Greece is taking place today at Syntagma Square in Athens with the participation of the organized SYRIZA youth and the human rights department of the party.

kannav2The advocates of legalization of cannabis who have organized the festival call it Athens Cannabis Protestival and they ask for legalization of cannabis and soft drugs and the decriminalization of users.

The festival organizers say that such an act would benefit the Greek economy. It would bring sizeable revenues to the state through a state-run cannabis production industry that would also create 40,000 employment positions. Such a prospect would bring 2.5 billion euros a year and help the Greek economy come out of the slump, they say.

kannav3Festival organizers have called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to attend the festival since in the past he had supported the movement...

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