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Friday, May 02, 2008
Cincinnati Police Warns Venue Renting to Marijuana Legalization Event!
Posted by Media Release
Organizers make it a Marijuana Smoke-Free Event!
On Monday, RENU, called Riverfront West Sports Park, on the edge of Miamitown, to warn them that Saturday night, May 3rd, undercover cops and alcohol agents would be there for the HempRock Hempfest and if anyone is caught smoking marijuana, the State would revoke the ball field*s beer license. Alcohol license rules state that the license can be fined or revoked if illegal drug activity is found on the premises.
HempRock’s Hempfests, which are fundraisers that help finance the Global Marijuana Marches, have been held at Riverfront since 1995. They both question why now, after all these years, law enforcement is focusing on this event when there is so much crime out there to focus on.
These types of actions are taking place around the Country to discourage venue owners from renting to groups for events that advocate legalizing cannabis. It*s an around about way of abridging freedom of speech and has been known to scare some property owners into canceling such events.
That’s not happening in this case. The Hempfest is still scheduled and HempRock is asking that everyone come out and support the idea of ending the War on Marijuana and the people who choose to use it in spite of the situation. The event will be free of marijuana smoking to insure that the venue*s beer license stays intact.
Cincinnati Attorney Tim Smith will be on hand at the event to monitor the situation and to make sure no ones rights are violated. That night and at the Sunday event on Fountain Square, he will also be speaking about recent court rulings and the Cincinnati Marijuana Ordinance.
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02 May 2008 at 12:32 pm | #
This is interesting. I went to an event there (Riverfront West) several years ago put on by Hemprock. I smoked marijuana quite freely, as did many others, the entire time I was there. No cops were spotted the entire time and no one got in trouble, or caused trouble.
Why is this an issue now?
04 May 2008 at 05:56 pm | #
Because as long as people make stupid decisions that make themselves easy targets the police will be more likely to go after them. It makes their numbers look really good and requires no work