Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Chong Booked For Hempstalk, But Event Denied Permit

Tommy Chong has been booked to perform at the annual Hempstalk festival in Portland, Oregon. Unfortunately, Portland refuses to issue the event a permit.

The city claims that at least year's event there was widespread illegal drinking and pot smoking. However, the attorney for The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation (THCF)—a medical marijuana provider and Hempstalk's main organizer, "calculated that, based on other weekends, there were 40 percent fewer arrests at the park during our event than usual."

They're going to keep fighting for a permit, but it doesn't look good.

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