Part of a series on |
Cannabis |
---|
![]() |
A smoke-in is a protest in favor of cannabis rights or more specifically legalization of cannabis. [1]
The Youth International Party (YIP) organized "smoke-ins" across North America through the 1970s and into the 1980s. The first YIP smoke-in was attended by 25,000 in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 1970. [2] [3] There was a culture clash when many of the hippie protesters strolled en masse into the nearby "Honor America Day" festivities with Billy Graham and Bob Hope. [4]
On August 7, 1971, a Yippie smoke-in in Vancouver was attacked by police, resulting in the Gastown Riot, one of the most famous protests in Canadian history. [5]
The annual July 4 Yippie smoke-in in Washington, D.C., became a counterculture tradition. [6] [7] [8] [9] Other smoke-ins as protests for cannabis law reform have been held in the 1960s in London; [10] and through the 1990s at least at the U.S. Capitol, [11] and in and around Austin, Texas. [12] [13]
[He] was among seven local residents who staged dope smoke-ins at local police stations in 1991 to protest the criminalization of marijuana.
The dictionary definition of smoke-in at Wiktionary