Hemp Freedom March

6 May 2006, Kyiv.

A report on clashes between participants in the Hemp Freedom March and members of the UNA-UNSO. St Michael’s Square: people holding banners both for and against the smoking of hemp and marijuana, a brawl among demonstrators, representatives of the Hemp Freedom March throwing smoke bombs from the roof, police restraining and detaining demonstrators, a bride and groom having their photograph taken by the monument to Princess Olga and commenting on the situation, a stand-up report by journalist Maksym Drabko.

Comments: Igor Mazur, member of the UNA-UNSO leadership; representatives of the Hemp March; Denis Poltavets, representative of the ‘Healthy Choice’ public initiative.