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4 Charged for Marijuana March
05-06-07|The Moscow Times

Moscow police broke up a march calling for the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes on Saturday, charging four people with promoting the use of an illegal drug.

One participant remained in custody Sunday, while the others, three young women, were ordered by the Presnensky District Court to pay a fine of 4,500 rubles each, Ekho Moskvy radio reported.

Dozens of people turned up for the so-called Hemp March on the Arbat, Lubyansky Proyezd and around the All-Russian Exhibition Center, and about 40 of them were detained by police, Ekho Moskvy said.

Police also prevented Hemp Marches in several other cities across the country Saturday, Interior Ministry spokesman Valery Gribakin said. "Law enforcement agencies believe that these events directly propagandize drugs," Gribakin said, Interfax reported.

"Hemp is an illegal drug in Russia," he added.

A Hemp March took place in Kiev without any police interference Saturday.

The Federal Drug Control Service warned marchers to stay at home ahead of the planned rallies.

"I don't think that the organizers of this march are law-abiding citizens," Vladimir Zubrin, deputy head of the service, said Thursday, Interfax reported.

A person convicted of promoting drug use can be fined up to 35,000 rubles.

 

Buzzby

Wouldn't it be a drag to live in a country without the most basic freedom, Freedom of Speech?

If that were the case in the US, many of my favorite people would be up to their ears in debt. Imagine not being allowed to say, "Marijuana is, by far, the safest psychoactive substance in the world. There is no good reason for it to be illegal."

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lonesmoker91

Russia is just known to be extremely strict and not exactly free. Putin is just a firm believer in gov't control. Be happy we don't live there.

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"and yet another potential narcotics victim floats out of the world of reality towards a midnight of eventual regret and despair"-1960's Police Training Video