TORONTO (Sun Media) - There was lots of weed on the grass at Queen's Park yesterday.

As many as 15,000 pot users crammed the lawn north of the legislature building for the Toronto Freedom Festival and the cornerstone event -- the ninth-annual Global Marijuana March.

"I feel cannabis should be completely legalized in our society," said a 19-year-old from Guelph who identified himself as Herb Merkel. "It should be controlled like tobacco or alcohol."

Yesterday's event also included speakers touching on issues like legalizing prostitution and the Committee to Memorialize the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

"I support every one here and all the issues," said Gavin Kinross, 17.

There were no reports of any arrests.