A crowd gathers at the 53rd annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash at The Diag at University of Michigan on Saturday, April 6, 2024. An overall theme of this year’s event is a tribute to John Sinclair. John Sinclair who was a poet from Flint, whose imprisonment for marijuana, led as inspiration for the first annual Hash Bash in 1972. He passed away only four days prior on April 2. Julian Leshay Guadalupe | MLive.com

ANN ARBOR, MI — The Ann Arbor Hash Bash has a decades-long history as a smoke fest and political rally, with “free the weed” a common refrain over the years.

But what does the event mean in its 54th year now that marijuana has been legal in Michigan for several years?

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