Hemp Parade

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

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