India: Bengaluru Gets Ready for First Global Marijuana March

Legendary blues singer, Louis Armstrong is quoted as saying,  “It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics….dope and all that crap. It’s a thousand times better than whisky – It’s an assistant – a friend.”

And a large number of Bengalureans seem to agree with him.  Over a thousand in the city are reportedly lining up to join the Million Marijuana March (MMM), popularly known as the Global Marijuana March held annually on the first Saturday of May, since 1999 in different cities across the world.

A liberal city with a thriving music culture of its own, Bengaluru is readying to hold a Million Marijuana March of its own from Freedom Park to M.G. Road on May 7.  Organised by The Hippie Culture, India, the march is being touted as “a collective community effort to legalise the cultivation of  cannabis for medicinal and other uses.”  

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