420 rally reports from across Colorado

In Colorado, pot culture has become pop culture, with tens of thousands demonstrating today by publicly smoking marijuana in bowls, bongs and blunts in cities and towns across the state.

  1. The University of Colorado at Boulder opted to close its campus. Marijuana activists sued for an injunction against the closure (and lost). Eight counties planned events as alternatives to the smoke-ins. CU-Boulder students planned a Wyclef Jean concert where the performer is barred from making any marijuana or other drug references. Enacting the campus closure, CU-Boulder deployed police and sprayed foul-smelling fish fertilizer on the Norlin Quad. And in Denver, Civic Center is rapidly filling with people. Here we will curate social media conversation about the rallies in Denver, Boulder and around Colorado.
  2. #cu420 on the physics field? Interesting. 50/50 participants/bystand @ Field at Duane Physics - UC Boulder instagr.am/p/JqLViJAJNo/
  3. #cu420 meet @Wyclef...bring your dancin' shoes...we're gonna need 'em. http://pic.twitter.com/uSGvacs9
  4. 3 arrests, 1 ticket so far in #cu420 protest; commercialism harshes vibe of rally in Denver dpo.st/I79yPH
  5. About 300 students on lawn near Duane physics. Chant: "safety in numbers" http://pic.twitter.com/qLGBcWD0
  6. Three Colorado related trending topics? Only on 4/20.. #CU420 #Denver #Columbine
  7. Protest-@CUBoulder420-moving to Norlin chanting "When our freedom and liberty are under attack, what do we do? Stand up & fight back" #CU420
  8. Police blocking #CU420 protesters from entering norlin quad. Tense moments.
  9. Crowd has started gathering in Civic Center in downtown Denver for the 4/20 rally. http://pic.twitter.com/d3Vs4kuU
  10. Whoa it smells like pot downtown when the wind picks up. Not even close to Civic Center. #co420
  11. Unhappy #CU graduate Marni LaFleur has strong words for her alma mater #cu420 http://pic.twitter.com/o1kuAKAo
  12. Several hundred pro-#CU420 marchers heading onto University Hill.
  13. Talked to guy hiking who said you couldn't even see campus under the cloud of smoke last year from green mountain. Not today #cu420 #jmc1.
  14. Student Katrina Bossert wears ID card as a headband, protests Norlin closure #cu420 http://pic.twitter.com/5SuJV31R

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