Planting Cannabis on the DEA’s Front Lawn Led to Washington, DC Legalizing It

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The weed legalization movement has always embraced street theater, a tactic Adam Eidinger certainly put to good use the time he led a giveaway of 10,000 joints during a presidential inauguration. He also lead the charge to end cannabis prohibition in Washington DC and then followed up with an initiative that legalized psychedelic plants, including mushrooms, ayahuasca, and mescaline. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Moments in Weed History format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. It's Bean and welcome to an all-new great moments in weed history. In this
0:07.3	weeds episode, we are going to talk with one of the most provocative and effective cannabis
0:12.9	activists of the modern era, someone who has engineered and executed confrontational street
0:19.0	protests, including, but not limited to, planting cannabis seeds on the lawn of DEA headquarters.
0:27.1	More on that later.
0:28.3	Giving away 10,000 joints at the inauguration of former President Trump, getting a bunch of people to dress up in Star Wars costumes and giving away cannabis clones
0:39.0	in what was of course called the March of the Clones. This person has also gotten arrested
0:44.0	dozens of times, fighting for our basic freedoms. And that includes chaining himself to the fence
0:50.2	outside the White House and many, many more provocative street pranks. My guest, Adam Edinger,
0:57.6	also opened an influential, politically active head shop in his home city of Washington, D.C.,
1:03.7	called Capitol Hemp, and he kept it open, despite being raided by the police. And he is, of course,
1:23.0	best known as the organizer and driving force behind initiative, 71, which legalized cannabis in the nation's capital, legalized it.
1:30.0	And more recently, he helped pass a separate voter initiative to legalize psychedelic plants,
1:34.0	including magic mushrooms, ayahuasca, and mescaline.
1:43.1	But yeah, did I mention that he planted cannabis seeds on the front lawn of DEA headquarters, Dianu?
1:46.7	It would have been enough at him. Now, before we delve into my enlightening and entertaining conversation with the clown prince of cannabis, I want to pump
1:51.5	the brakes just for a second to say a huge thank you to everyone who supports this podcast
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2:03.0	people around the world and inspire them to similarly rise up against the war on drugs,
2:10.3	free the weed from persecution, and have a hell of a lot of fun doing it. If you want to throw
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