Diving Into Denver's Early Connection With 4/20
Denver's reputation as a pot hot spot can largely be traced to one man: Ken Gorman. Considered the grandfather of the 4/20 rally, he held monthly "smoke-in" events with joints and bullhorns in front of the Colorado Capitol in the mid-’90s. These became so big that Gorman started applying for event permits at Civic Center Park, where hundreds of people would gather to smoke weed as a form of protest against cannabis prohibition and listen to punk bands and pot celebrities. Unafraid of the consequences of being a cannabis user in the ’90s, Gorman was regularly ticketed by the police on sm...
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