Rain can’t stop sixth annual Cannabis March
The Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network and Delaware NORML hosted Delaware’s sixth annual participation in the Global Cannabis March May 5. It had rained all morning, and more rain was in the forecast, so the march, which normally draws hundreds, only drew a couple dozen of the most dedicated supporters of legalizing marijuana.
“Prohibition doesn’t stop in the rain,” said Zoë Patchell, Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network president, prior to the march.
The march takes place annually the first weekend in May. Starting in Surfside Park, at the north end of the Boardwalk in Rehoboth, the march finished at the Bandstand. Both groups are in favor of legalizing marijuana in Delaware. After an abbreviated rally under the cover of the Bandstand, the marchers enjoyed pizza at Nicola Pizza.
The Global Cannabis March dates back to the 1970s in New York, garnering international support since 1999. The first Delaware march was held in Newark in 2014, but it has been in Rehoboth every year since. For more information, go to delawarecannabis.org or denorml.org.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories, random stories on subjects he finds interesting and has a column called ‘Choppin’ Wood’ that runs every other week. Additionally, Chris moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes during daylight hours that are jammed with coins, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
