An event in Denver celebrating cannabis culture will limit the age of festival-goers to 21 and older next year after parents complained, citing concerns about youth exposure to weed.
, set for Wednesday in Denver’s Civic Center park, is billed as “the largest 420 festival in the world.” With general admission tickets available for free, event organizers anticipate more than 50,000 people will attend.
However, not all Coloradans are thrilled with the festival’s current policy that permits attendees of all ages, with hundreds of signatures on an onlinecalling for the event’s corporate sponsors to check identification at entrances and restrict access to adults aged 21 and older. Melissa Mouton, founder and executive director of 5280 High School, a public charter school in Denver serving 125 students in recovery from substance use, is also concerned about the impact events like the festival have on teens. Her school at 1200 West Mississippi Ave. is the site of a Tuesday news conference calling on sponsors to limit access to the 4/20 event.
Euflora, a boutique dispensary group, and FlyHi, a cannabis delivery company, have both sponsored the festival since 2018, with JARS Cannabis joining as a sponsor this year.
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