Welcome to the official website of the Seattle Hempfest, one of the largest Hemp/Marijuana policy reform events in America. We are working full time to become the most socially responsible, sophisticated and unbiased political rally of our kind. Our goal is simple...to inspire people worldwide to stand up and become active in ending the injustice, hypocricy and U.S. national disgrace commonly referred to as the War On Drugs. As adults in a free society we demand the right to make our own educated and informed choices on what we use as medicine, industry and recreation. Our current national policies rob us of our historic cultural heritage regarding the Cannabis plant and it's extensive list of positive uses. Under current laws decent and procuctive citizens are being criminalized and incarcerated for posing no threat to society whatsoever. We seek to replace this assault on freedom with an all out war on addiction and abuse. We will work relentlessly to to win the opportunity to enjoy the economic, industrial and spiritual uses of the Hemp/Marrijuana plant, a plant that has not killed a single person in thousands of years. As our website evolves and grows, you will be offered more opportunities to learn about Seattle Hempfest, Hemp.net, activism, and the global movement to end prohibition, as we mend our gentle culture of peaceful advocates for social justice, reasonable and enforceable laws, and freedom from the monetary interests of corperate exploitation. Visit us often and tell your friends, family and neighbors that there's a change in the air... the sweet smell of hemp for victory. This website is dedicated to our brothers and sisters who are incarcerated for the possession, use, cultivation and sale of the cannabis plant, and to all the medical patients who are suffering needlessly by being denied access to the relief they deserve. Special notice must be made to the countless dedicated volunteers who make it possible for Seattle Hempfest to bring you internationally recognized speakers, world class musical support, and a message of hope and unity in a world that desperately needs redemption in the form of peace, love and understanding.