Drug haze gone, garbage remains, but Vancouver’s 4-20 pot event trouble-free
VANCOUVER — Several shoulder-high mounds of black garbage bags on Vancouver’s Sunset Beach were all that remained Thursday morning after the city’s annual 4-20 cannabis rally.
A crowd estimated by police at about 20,000 crammed onto the beach Wednesday.
Vancouver Police Sgt. Randy Fincham said no arrests were made, although the marine unit rescued one person from the middle of False Creek, and shooed an overloaded dinghy back to shore.
Vancouver Coastal Health says 16 patients were treated in hospital, all for minor ailments, while Fincham said paramedics handled 25 calls at the scene.