Seattle, WA: Event organizers are expecting nearly 150,000 attendees at this weekend’s 14th annual Seattle Hempfest, taking place this Saturday and Sunday at Myrtle Edwards Park in downtown Seattle. More than 90 speakers – including NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre and NORML founder Keith Stroup – and 60 bands will participate in the two-day event, which promises to be one of the largest marijuana policy reform rallies ever held.
The theme of this year’s festival is “Education: Don’t Just Burn It, Learn It.” Hempfest organizers and NORML, along with drug law reform organizations from around the country, will be disseminating materials to the more than one hundred thousand in attendance advocating for the taxation and regulation of cannabis for responsible adults.
Other speakers scheduled to appear at this year’s festival include: NORML Board Members Stephen Dillon, Norm Kent, Valerie Leveroni-Corral, Chris Mulligan, George Rohrbacher, and Jeffrey Steinborn; as well as Nora Callahan, Executive Director of The November Coalition; John Conroy, legal counsel for Marc Emery and a member of the NORML Legal Committee; Rob Kampia, Executive Director of The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP); Seattle City Council Member Nick Licata; Philippe Lucas, Executive Director of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society and founder of Canadians for Safe Access; Madeline Martinez, Executive Director of Oregon NORML; noted medical cannabis patient and activist Angel McClary-Raich; Steph Sherer, Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access (ASA); and Scarlett Swerdlow, Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP).
For a complete schedule of this year’s Seattle Hempfest speakers and events, please visit: http://www.seattlehempfest.com