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marching down Avenid Cinco de Mayo
Marching behind a banner saying "No to the Drug Traffic," the protestors criticized drug prohibition as fueling violent drug trafficking organizations. Another banner called for "An end to ignorance, the right to grow your own, and education for responsible consumption."
The Argentine courts decriminalized marijuana possession for personal use last year, but cultivation remains a criminal offense. The Buenos Aires demonstrators want to see cultivation legalized as well.
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marching down Avenid Cinco de Mayo
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no to the black market drug trade
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demonstrators mass in front of the Argentine Congress
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in front of the Argentine Congress (courtesy Marcelo de Rienzo)
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Rosario Association for Cannabis Studies
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marching through Buenos Aires
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a boisterous crowd
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Cultivate your rights, Rosario
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Cannabis Association of La Plata
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protesting in downtown Buenos Aires
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enough of ignorance, yes to grow your own, education for responsible consumption
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Mike Bifari in Rosario Global Marijuana March t-shirt
Growing your own -- the end of the black market drug trade
no to the black market drug trade
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addressing the crowd
passions run high
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in front of the Congress
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activist Mike Bifari takes a load off his feet
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unidentified activist addresses the crowd
a wake up call for central Buenos Aires
marching through downtown
Justice in the province of Formosa, please!
unidentified activist (l), Mike Bifari (r)
in front of the Congress
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Bifari addresses the marchers
addressing the crowd
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listening to the oratory
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Comments
Bravo
Can you feel the winds of change?
Great Signs and No Blood Spilled
Amazing for a country that only 2 decades ago systematically rounded up and killed students for doing much less than their herbal protest for God's Green Herb (see Sixth Day of Creation in book of Genesis).
The day American students march into the US Capital Building and the speakers talk nicely to them is the day after Americans revolt.
Viva la Revolution!
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