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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Freedom Rally

VOMIT GOOD, CHRONIC BAD

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted February 20, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

Boston politicians may love sports parades even more than they hate weed

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: cannabis, football, Freedom Rally, MassCann, NFL, parade, Patriots, Super Bowl, vandalism, weed

CEASEFIRE ON THE COMMON

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted October 20, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

The meeting, on the whole, was constructive, and MassCann and the Friends agreed to stay in touch before, during, and after next year’s rally.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Boston, Boston City Hall, City Council, Freedom Rally, Friends of the Public Garden, MassCann

IN BOSTON, CONTROVERSIAL ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY GETS PERMIT WHILE CANNABIS ADVOCATES ARE DENIED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 18, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

For decades, and under three different mayoral administrations, organizers of the Boston Freedom Rally from the cannabis advocacy group MassCann/NORML have been denied permits for their annual event.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Common, cannabis, Commonwealth, Free Speech Rally, Freedom Rally, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Marty Walsh, MasCann/NORML, Massachusetts, permits, prohibitionists, question 4, State House

FOTOBOMB: 2016 BOSTON FREEDOM RALLY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 21, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

With legalization looming, another glorious bonanza

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: ballot referendum, Boston Common, Freedom Rally, MassCann, Method Man, question 4, Redman, Termanology, voting

FOR CANNABIS ACTIVIST DOWNING, JUSTICE DRAGS ON

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted September 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

An update on the persecution of a beloved Mass cannabis activist

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Bill Downing, cannabis, CBD, Freedom Rally, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, MassCann/NORML, medical marijuana, question 4

THE OTHER BOSTON CITY HALL EXTORTION STORY

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted June 21, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

How Boston officials put police pressure on cannabis activists

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Andy Gaus, Boston, Boston City Hall, cannabis, Carmen Ortiz, extortion, Freedom Rally, Kenneth Brissette, Marijuana, Massachusetts, MassCann, The Tokin' Truth

PICS & SPLIFFS: FREEDOM RALLY FREER

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 29, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS

And now we shall prepare for the legalization ahead

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Common, BPD, cannabis, Freedom Rally, legalization, Marijuana, MassCann, medial marijuana, NORML

DIG THIS: THE HOUSE OF SLAM, BOSTON CALLING, AND THE 26TH ANNUAL FREEDOM RALLY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 23, 2015 Filed Under: DigThis

TONS going on this week guys! Go gettem!

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: #mapoli, Adam O'Day, Alabama Shakes, boston calling, Boston Common, Cuisine En Locale, Dave Tree, Dirty Bangs, Doomtree, Dug McCormack, Freedom Rally, Haley House, House of Slam, Kinsale, MassCann, NORML, The Avett Brothers, trivia, University Park Common, VivaLatino, Walk The Moon

A PLEA FROM THE PIRATES: BENEVOLENT MASS POLITICAL PARTY NEEDS YOU!

Written by MIKE CANN Posted August 20, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS

We need to get out to the Freedom Rally to spread the word about how to best spread the word that doesn't fit the corporate picture.

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Big Oil, Big Pharma, Cancer, cannabis, Freedom Rally, hacking, liberty, Lucia Fiero, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Pirate Party, Politics, pot politics

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