Liberty Activists Call WKBK’s “Talkback” 2009-09-19

by | Sep 25, 2009 | 0 comments

Radio TowerDuring last week’s “Talkback” on WKBK, liberty activists discussed marijuana decriminalization.

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Please join us for our weekly listening, chat, and calling sessions on Saturday mornings from 9a-12p in the Free Keene Chat room. If you’re online, you can listen to Talkback streamed live via the Liberty Radio Network and if you’re in the Keene area you can tune in to WKBK 1290 AM or 104.1 FM. The Talkback discussion thread is here on the Free Keene Forum.

WMUR TV Reports on Keene’s Daily 4:20 Celebrations

by | Sep 25, 2009 | 5 comments

CannabisThanks to WMUR for coming out and broadcasting this story (click for the video, I have no idea how to embed it) live from today’s 4:20 celebration in Keene’s Central Square:

KEENE, N.H. — About 80 people rallied in Keene on Friday, as they had earlier in the week, to advocate for decriminalizing marijuana.

The rallies this week began at 4:20 p.m., a time popularly associated with using marijuana. Police kept their distance, deciding to let the protests play out without arrests or confrontations.

Many of the demonstrators in the town’s central square were smoking cigarettes, cloves and, in some cases, what appeared to be marijuana. (more…)

Front Page Sentinel Story on Yesterday’s 4:20 Smoke Out

by | Sep 25, 2009 | 12 comments

Thanks to the Keene Sentinel’s Casey Farrar for this story:

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What began earlier this week with two friends smoking marijuana in Keene’s Central Square has become a steadily growing group that drew a crowd of more than 70 people Thursday afternoon.

Some of those gathered called themselves protestors for the legalization of marijuana, others said they just showed up to join in and smoke marijuana. Several said they plan to be back on the square this afternoon — at 4:20 p.m.

The number 420 is used in the drug subculture to represent marijuana smoking.

The crowd Thursday began trickling in shortly after 4 p.m. Several people carried handmade signs in favor of legalizing marijuana with phrases such as “My body my choice: Legalize drugs,” and “Leaf Us Alone.”

At 4:20 p.m., (more…)

Union Leader Reports on Yesterday’s Mass Smoke Out in Keene’s Central Square

by | Sep 25, 2009 | 7 comments

It’s happening again today at 4:20pm! Thanks to Melanie Plenda at the Union Leader for this article:

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KEENE – With the flick of a Bic and the bull-horned battle cry of, “Smoke ’em, if you got ’em,” nearly 75 people gathered to protest drug laws by lighting up, once again, in downtown’s Central Square. Marijuana rights advocates have been gathering daily for the past week each day at 4:20 p.m. to smoke pot in protest of drug laws. The number 420 is a code used by police officers to indicate the presence of marijuana.

Yesterday afternoon was no exception, but the crowd was much bigger in the wake of a New Hampshire Union Leader story that ran Thursday about people gathering to smoke on the square

Dozens of people streamed into the square and set up camp until precisely 4:20 p.m., when several members of the group could be seen lighting what appeared to be marijuana cigarettes and glass pipes and passing around brownies they said contained marijuana. (more…)