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MEDICAL cannabis was "unquestionably" the big issue at this year's MardiGrass festival.
Festival organiser Michael Balderstone said the issue helped attract large numbers to the event despite the terrible weather.
"Our online ticket sales were up a lot, about a third up," he said.
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"Quite a few people didn't come (on Friday) because the roads got blocked. But it was lovely to wake up to the sun on Saturday and all the roads opened and people started turning up."
Mr Balderstone said the focus of this year's festival was largely on medical cannabis with an impressive line-up of international speakers.
"I think that's why we've got a lot more people coming," he said.
"The word has got out there and there's a new acceptance that this plant really is medicinal and the hippies weren't just carrying on all those years.
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