The HANFPARADE2002 was intended to offer a lot of new aspects to all participants and therefore it started at the "new center of Berlin", the newly opened area of the Potsdamer Platz. From there we moved to the Breitscheidplatz, whre the final rally was arranged around the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. On the way to there, an interim manifestation was held in front of the main office of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union), where Christian Ströbele (Green Party) demanded the release of the decoration hemp plants which had been confiscated by the police before.

"Gebt das Hanf frei!" - "Release the hemp!" or "Free Hemp!". This sentence was the origin for our slogan in the following year and caused a lot of media interest. Stefan Raab, a well-known german tv-moderator, sampled the statement and together with Shaggy he produced a top ten hit in 2003.

But on August 31st of 2002 nobody could know that, yet...

The demonstration stopped for the interim-manifestation in front of the CDU main office and the Ministry of foreign affairs to emphasize our political claims.

We stayed political when we arrived at the memorial church, and bands like "Ganjaman", "Dubtari" and "Letzte Instanz" contributed their opinion. Many speakers of various organizations and political parties took the opportunity to present their view.

The slogan of 2002 - "Pro hemp usage! Against hemp abuse! Education instead of prohibition!" was discussed controversly and caused exceptional interest.