A peaceful second visit to Calgary for pot activist Dana Larsen

Pot activist Dana Larsen’s visit to Calgary on Friday night was a lot less dramatic than the last time he was here.

Larsen was once again handing out thousands cannabis seeds, one year after he was arrested for trafficking after doing the same thing last year.

He said the crowd that gathered to hear him speak in the Forest Heights Community Centre was the largest he’s seen on his countrywide tour. He believes a reason for that is the publicity generated by his arrest in Calgary.

“The arrest last year, although it was not much fun, ultimately helped me give away a million more seeds in terms of the attention it got,” Larsen said.

Larsen toured the country to talk about the “hidden history” of cannabis in Canada.

“I say that at the end of my talk you may agree, that the leaf on our flag should really be a cannabis leaf, because that plant is so much more important to our country than the maple leaf has ever been.”

At one point Friday night, police were present in the community centre’s parking lot, but they did not make any arrests and left after a short time.

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