NEW YORK — New Yorkers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 were able to get an unlikely freebie Tuesday: a marijuana joint.
Activists celebrating the recent legalization of recreational pot in New York state handed out free doobies in Manhattan to anyone with proof they had received at least one vaccine shot.
“This is the first time we can sit around and legally hand people joints,” said Michael O’Malley, one of the organizers of the “Joints for Jabs” giveaway in Union Square.
“We’re supporting the federal effort to roll out vaccinations. And we’re also trying to get them to federally legalize weed,” he told AFP.
Organizers chose April 20 as the date as a way to m…
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