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Two weeks after many cities celebrated 4/20, people in cities around the world will take to the streets on Saturday for the 2017 Global Marijuana March (GMM, in some places known as the Million Marijuana March) as a protest to end cannabis prohibition in each of the countries where the march takes place.

The 4/24 event calls on Congress to federally legalize marijuana and allow the District to fully enact its 2014 ballot measure.

The 4/24 event calls on Congress to federally legalize marijuana and allow the District to fully enact its 2014 ballot measure.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - A marijuana advocacy group in the nation's capital plans to target members of Congress on Capitol Hill with two separate protests this April.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - A marijuana advocacy group in the nation's capital plans to target members of Congress on Capitol Hill with two separate protests this April.

WASHINGTON — D.C. pot advocates plan to hand out joints and get stoned during Donald Trump’s inaugural address.

WASHINGTON — D.C. pot advocates plan to hand out joints and get stoned during Donald Trump’s inaugural address.

PHILADELPHIA — Marijuana has gone mainstream at the Democratic National Convention this week.

PHILADELPHIA — Marijuana has gone mainstream at the Democratic National Convention this week.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.(NEWSPLEX) -- Dozens of cannabis supporters flooded the Charlottesville downtown mall to rally in favor of legalizing marijuana in Virginia.

Kimmel’s show, which averages about 2.4 million viewers a night on Disney-owned ABC, will represent an unusually mainstream platform for the pro-cannabis crowd.

Cannabis legalization group DCMJ co-founders Adam Eidinger and Nikolas Schiller spoke their piece in a half hour meeting at the White House Monday afternoon, and want to return soon to meet with "higher-level" officials.

Cannabis legalization group DCMJ co-founders Adam Eidinger and Nikolas Schiller spoke their piece in a half hour meeting at the White House Monday afternoon, and want to return soon to meet with "higher-level" officials.

The mass of protesters gathered outside the White House couldn’t quite wait for 4:20 Saturday afternoon, the pre-planned time they had designated to light their marijuana-packed joints and pipes in protest of the federal laws that prohibit the drug’s consumption.

The mass of protesters gathered outside the White House couldn’t quite wait for 4:20 Saturday afternoon, the pre-planned time they had designated to light their marijuana-packed joints and pipes in protest of the federal laws that prohibit the drug’s consumption.

President Barack Obama may smell something familiar on April 2 when marijuana activists inspired by comedian Bill Maher host what they believe will be a massive act of civil disobedience in front of the White House.

President Barack Obama may smell something familiar on April 2 when marijuana activists inspired by comedian Bill Maher host what they believe will be a massive act of civil disobedience in front of the White House.