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Hempfest Ohio: How do I love hemp? Let me count the ways.
It’s that time of year again, folks. The sweet smell of Mary Jane will be rolling out into Columbus from Ohio State’s South Oval as Hempfest rocks out for the 25th time from noon to midnight Saturday.

“It’s just a lot of people having a really good time without it getting out of hand,” said Zach Laver, a junior at Ohio State and organizer of this year’s party.
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“The main goal is to promote legalization (of marijuana), but more than that, it’s to promote an open discussion of alternatives to the drug war and for people to see the positive effects of marijuana.”

Laver, who is president of the OSU student organization Students for Sensible Drug Policies, which heads up Hempfest, said this year’s speakers will emphasize not only the medicinal benefits of toking up, but also how environmentally friendly weed can be.

“There’s hundreds and hundreds of uses for it,” said Laver. “Hemp is great for producing ethanol—it’s better than corn. And it produces four times as much paper as trees.”
Author Eddie Einbinder, who wrote How to Have Fun and Not Die, will speak from 5:45 to 6 p.m. and 10:45 to 11 p.m. His book explains how to do drugs safely—one at a time or in combinations—and gives insight into drug-world lingo.

Also on the schedule is author Doc Smith, who will speak from 4:45 to 5 p.m. and 9:45 to 10 p.m. Smith wrote a book with a title that plays off of President Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” theme—Yes We Can-nibus. It’s an argument for the legalization of marijuana.

Bands at this year’s Hempfest include Smokescreen Music, Stretch Lefty, Lo-Pan, Esquire, Red Sun and the Floorwalkers.

Laver—who is, appropriately enough, a plant-pathology major at OSU—said the festival started as a smoke-in at the Statehouse and eventually attracted such large numbers that it had to be moved to the OSU campus. When that happened 25 years ago, it got the name Hempfest and became more of a political event instead of just an excuse to take a hit off a bong.

“It became a great place for college students to get involved in the movement,” said Laver.

The university, for the most part, hasn’t said a whole lot about the joint-loving crowd, though Laver said OSU tried to oust the group a few years back for failing to provide police protection at the event.

“We do pay to have police guard the event now,” he said.

OSU spokesperson Jim Lynch said the fact that the Hempfest has been on the OSU campus for 25 years speaks for itself.

However, Laver complained that OSU suddenly declared in March that the group had to pay a $10,000 security deposit to cover any damages. That later dropped to $5,000 after the student organization balked at the fee.

But Lynch said the deposit requirement isn’t new and that any event would be charged such a fee.

Laver’s group is funded through vendor booths at the event, donations and fundraisers. This year’s vendors will offer psychic services, hemp jewelry and food and drink.

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