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Hemp Parade

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Hanfparade Overview

  • Annual hemp legalization demonstration in Berlin since 1997
  • Features floats through the German capital
  • Thousands participate, focusing on hemp and cannabis
  • Closing speech concludes the demonstration
  • Offers hemp-related entertainment with speeches and live music

Hanfparade Themes

  • 2021: ’50 years of prohibition – time for emancipation’
  • 2020: ‘Hemp is good – legal even better’
  • 2019: ‘Legalization only with you’
  • 2018: ‘Education, not prohibition’
  • 2017: ‘We’re getting farther’
  • 2016: ‘Legalization is in the air’
  • 2015: ‘Use Hemp!’
  • 2014: ‘Green light for the legalization’
  • 2013: ‘My choice? Legal Cannabis!’
  • 2012: ‘Freedom, Health, Justice’
  • 2011: ’40 years are enough – no more narcotics law!’
  • 2010: ‘Cannabis is (World) Culture’

Hanfparade History

  • 2017: Motto was ‘We’re getting farther’
  • 2016: 20th anniversary with theme ‘Legalization is in the air’
  • 2015: Theme was ‘Use Hemp!’
  • 2014: Theme was ‘Green light for the legalization’
  • 2013: Motto was ‘My choice? Legal Cannabis!’
  • 2012: Theme was ‘Freedom, Health, Justice’
  • 2011: Motto was ’40 years are enough – no more narcotics law!’
  • 2010: Slogan was ‘Cannabis is (World) Culture’

1997 Hemp Parade

  • 10,000 participants joined the first country-wide demonstration for hemp
  • Organized by Herumschweifenden Haschrebellen and H.A.N.F.
  • Culminated at the Brandenburger Gate with demands for immediate hemp legalization
  • Marked a significant push for hemp advocacy in Germany

Legal Reforms and International Impact

  • Treaty law changes, including the Rescheduling of cannabis in 2020
  • Canada’s Cannabis Act of 2018
  • Germany’s cannabis control bill
  • UK’s decision to return cannabis to class B
  • Uruguay’s Law No. 19172 regarding cannabis legalization

Hemp Parade Data Sources

Reference URL
Glossary https:/glossary/hemp-parade
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanfparade
Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175219
Knowledge Graph https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0287xrn
DBPedia http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hanfparade
Product Ontology http://www.productontology.org/id/Hanfparade