Hundreds Line Streets in DuPont Circle For Free Inauguration Day Marijuana Giveaway

There is an Inauguration day pot protest happening in DuPont Circle — at which some 8,000 joints are expected to be given away.

Several journalists are on the scene, where hundreds of people are already lining the streets.

Not a joke: There is a stream of people coming to get free marijuana in Dupont. Organizers guess ~8,000 free joints. pic.twitter.com/m20g1sWhCD

— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) January 20, 2017

1000+ on line for free marijuana this morning on Dupont #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/gztY6A2msh

— Mark Urban (@MarkUrban01) January 20, 2017

Why are hundreds of people in line at DuPont Circle? “Free weed!” “Marijuana for all!” Whole block smells like, well, people smoking weed. pic.twitter.com/njGX7qSORm

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 20, 2017

According to CBS Washington, the pro-pot group DCMJ began handing out joints at 8:00 a.m. Friday.

Our sister site LawNewz posted about the legality of the giveaway. Smoking it in the street — which the protestors plan to do four minutes and 20 seconds into Donald Trump‘s Inaugural address — is illegal. But D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says arrests “wouldn’t be our first priority.”

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