Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 7 April 2018. The living legend, John Sinclair speaking and reciting poetry during the 47th annual Hash Bash event. Credit, Jeffrey Wickett/Alamy Live News.

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Hash Bash is an annual event held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, originally held every April 1st, but now on the first Saturday of April at noon on the University of Michigan Diag. A collection of speeches, live music, street vending and occasional civil disobedience are centered on the goal of reforming federal, state, and local marijuana laws. The first Hash Bash was held on Saturday, April 1, 1972 in response to the March 9th 1972 decision by Michigan Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional the law used to convict cultural activist John Sinclair for possession of two marijuana joints.

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