When it came time to present the pot, grant the ganja or bestow the bud ― however you want to say it ― the organizers of Delaware’s first “Joints for Junk” decided to hand out the promised pre-rolls at the start of the two-hour trash clean up in Millsboro this fall.
While the Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network has been organizing community events ever since its founding in 2013, this was the first time it was doing one since marijuana was legalized in Delaware eight months ago.
So the nonprofit advocacy group brainstormed a new way to attract volunteers: give out grass. And they didn’t even wait until the volunteers put in the work first.
“People preregistered, showed up, signed a waiver and we gave them a joint,” says Zoë Patchell, president of Delaware CAN. “And, actually, nobody took the joint and left. It was a really positive, inspiring day.”
Once they landed on the catchy event name, they had to find a location for the community service project, eventually landing on Millsboro, the Sussex County town of about 7,000 whose council had just voted to prohibit the sale and manufacturing of marijuana.
“There was significant community support there while we were involved in opposing the vote, so it just seemed like a great place to do it,” Patchell says.
So did the cannabis giveaway work? It sure did.
The event drew more than 50 volunteers over the age of 21 with each getting a pre-rolled joint, which was donated by members of the nonprofit group. (Under new Delaware law,…
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