Weed activists plan protest in front of White House

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The bold protest plan, announced Tuesday by the D.C. Cannabis Campaign, calls for reform advocates to gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House on the Saturday. Speakers will demand that Obama reschedule marijuana without Congress, as he has the power to do, and pardon Americans jailed for marijuana crimes.

And then people will be invited to commit acts of civil disobedience.

To underscore the call for rescheduling marijuana, the protest's April 2 date was selected as a tongue-in-cheek rescheduling of the traditional April 20 pot holiday. Toke-up time, however, remains 4:20 p.m.

“There is a huge pent-up demand for this right now, we actually do have the support to do this,” says Adam Eidinger, organizer of the D.C. Cannabis Campaign.

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Eidinger says Obama, who believes marijuana is less dangerous to consume than alcohol, is reformers' best shot at rescheduling the drug, which would allow greater research and a potential for its use as lawful medicine – and for flinging open penitentiary doors.

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