A puff in the park
Pro-marijuana protesters gathered at Flagstaff Gardens for their annual “smoking ceremony” on April 20.
Hundreds converged at this CBD park to show their love for weed and call for cannabis to be legalised.
Flagstaff Gardens was covered in smoke for the entire day while onlookers and police officers watched participants puff away.
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