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“This year we combined it with our first psychedelics conference, so this was the place to do it, if any, Miranda says, pointing to when Denver became the first city in the U.S. to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. There s a ton of interest there, and that s been going great.
For Miranda, however, the expo still centers on CBD. The CEO of Mace Media Group, a CBD trade publication network and industry event organizer, was introduced to the benefits of CBD after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a decade ago. After waking up with the inability to feel anything from her waist down, an eighteen-hour trip to the emergency room and three lesions on her brain and spine, Miranda began using muscle relaxers, but those left her frequently feeling unable to function. She tried CBD per a friend s recommendation, and the spasms virtually went away.
Civic Center Park on April 20, 2021, as 4:20 p.m. approached.
Hilal Bahcetepe
This was the second year in a row that Civic Center was quiet on 4/20. Last year, while stay-at-home orders were in effect because of the pandemic, the perimeter of the park was closed off by fences, police officers waited in the grass, and sirens and automated warnings blared at 4:20 p.m.
Pandemic notwithstanding, Denver attracts thousands of cannabis tourists, activists and consumers each year to celebrate the unofficial holiday for stoners. Civic Center has been the designated venue to host 4/20 rallies and protests for more than a decade, thanks largely to the late cannabis activist Ken Gorman. Two competing organizers say they plan to host something at Civic Center next year, so we’ll see how cloudy things get in 2022.