Here’s the latest on this year’s Vancouver 4/20 event, plus what you need to know.
This Saturday’s event in Vancouver’s West End is the first to take place since recreational marijuana was legalized last fall and will see the addition of a major musical headliner.
Here’s what you need to know, along with the latest updates from Saturday’s event. Check back throughout the day for more. • Cost of the event. City officials maintain organizers haven’t been covering their fair share of the costs, including for policing and clean-up of Sunset Beach. Organizers say they have paid money year after year, even though the city has never issued them a permit .
• Purpose. Organizers say the event – which has been described as a protest, rally, festival, vendor’s market and more – remains important in the fight against the stigma of marijuana. City and park officials say the event has become a money-making festival and can no longer be treated as a protest protected under human rights laws.
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