Pro-marijuana activists demonstrated, protested and smoked pot outside the White House on Saturday to send the message that the drug shouldn't be considered dangerous.
This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
Demonstrators march for the legalization of marijuana outside of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, April 2, 2016. During the march they demanded Obama use his authority to stop marijuana arrests and pardon offenders.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Demonstrators march for the legalization of marijuana outside of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, April 2, 2016. During the march they demanded Obama use his authority to stop marijuana arrests and pardon offenders.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April 2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
Pot activists outside of White House calling for the president end federal prohibition of marijuana.
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This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
This is the scene from a protest outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016. Pro-marijuana activists say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs.
(海角社区app/Kathy Stewart)
海角社区app/Kathy Stewart
Pro-marijuana activists outside the White House on Saturday, April聽2, 2016 were ordered by police to fold up this 51-foot inflatable “joint,” due to a security risk.
(Photo courtesy Josh Godaire)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pro-marijuana activists demonstrated, protested and smoked pot outside the聽White House on Saturday to send the message that the drug shouldn’t be considered dangerous.
The protest took place聽Saturday afternoon and featured a 51-foot-long inflatable “joint,” but protesters were ordered to fold up the mega joint聽after Secret Service聽said it was a聽security risk.
Organizers say President Barack Obama should remove pot from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, which includes heroin and other addictive drugs. Obama has maintained that pot advocates should try to lobby Congress to pass a bill reclassifying the drug.
But protest organizers say Obama’s pot policy is hypocritical as he’s admitted to聽smoking marijuana聽before he entered politics.
U.S. Park Police Sgt. Anna Rose says her agency made no arrests. Protest organizer Adam Eidinger聽said police聽“were very respectful.”
Possession of up to 2 ounces of pot is legal in the nation’s capital, but smoking in public is illegal, which means activists聽risk getting arrested for聽lighting up.
海角社区app’s Kathy Stewart contributed to this report.
