List of cannabis rights leaders

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Following is a list of cannabis rights leaders, and activists in the cannabis legalization movement, including business leaders and celebrities who advocate for ending cannabis prohibition:

Cannabis rights leaders[]

Mark Emery at 2007 Calgary City Hall cannabis demonstration in Alberta, Canada
Saya Takagi campaigning in Japan, 2016

Cannabis rights leaders, listed by country:

Argentina[]

Australia[]

Canada[]

Germany[]

  • Angela Gossow
  • Georg Wurth

Hungary[]

Ireland[]

Israel[]

  • Raphael Mechoulam[3]

Jamaica[]

  • Bob Marley
  • Peter Tosh

Japan[]

  • Saya Takagi
  • Junichi Takayasu

Netherlands[]

  • Frits Bolkestein[1]
  • Dries van Agt[1]
  • Herman George “Armand” van Loenhout
  • Simon Vinkenoog[1]

New Zealand[]

Norway[]

  • Thorvald Stoltenberg[1]

South Africa[]

  • Lee Harris

Spain[]

  • Antonio Escohotado

Sweden[]

  • Joar Forssell

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Dana Beal in 1994 New York City Million Marijuana March
Rick Steves speaking at Seattle Hempfest in 2010
B-Real performing at Nova Rock, in 2016, wearing cannabis attire

American cannabis rights leaders, listed by state:

Alabama[]

  • Loretta Nall

Alaska[]

  • Charlo Greene
  • Irwin Ravin

Arizona[]

  • Caroline Killeen
  • Jake Plummer

Arkansas[]

  • Joycelyn Elders

California[]

Colorado[]

Florida[]

Georgia[]

Hawaii[]

Illinois[]

  • Mezz Mezzrow
  • Jim “Chef Ra” Wilson Jr.

Iowa[]

  • George McMahon

Kansas[]

Kentucky[]

  • Dan Jack Combs
  • Gatewood Galbraith[5]
  • Dakota Meyer

Maryland[]

  • Montel Williams
  • Kevin Zeese[2]

Massachusetts[]

Michigan[]

  • Tom Crosslin
  • Jamie Lowell
  • Rick Thompson
  • Chuck Ream
  • Melody Karr
  • Rev Steve Thompson
  • Robin Schneider
  • John Sinclair[5]

Minnesota[]

Nebraska[]

New Hampshire[]

New Jersey[]

New Mexico[]

  • Gary Johnson[2]

New York[]

  • Dana Beal
  • Kristin M. Davis
  • Jacqueline “Coca Crystal” Diamond
  • Ann Druyan
  • Abby Epstein
  • Allen Ginsberg
  • Gary “Tom Forçade” Goodson
  • Abbie Hoffman
  • Thomas K. Leighton
  • Bill Maher[2]
  • Ethan Nadelmann[3]
  • Anthony Papa
  • David Peel[5]
  • Carl Sagan
  • Ed Sanders
  • Larry Sharpe

Nevada[]

  • Joseph N. Crowley

North Carolina[]

  • Sean Haugh

Ohio[]

Oregon[]

Pennsylvania[]

South Dakota[]

  • Alex White Plume

Tennessee[]

  • Stephen Gaskin[5]
  • Derrick Morgan

Texas[]

  • Barry Cooper
  • Brian Cuban
  • Joe Gaddy
  • Larry Hagman
  • Ann Lee
  • Willie Nelson[5]
  • Joe Ptak
  • Brett Stahl
  • Jeffrey “Zeal” Stefanoff
  • Mark Stepnoski

Vermont[]

Virginia[]

Washington[]

Washington, D.C.[]

West Virginia[]

Wisconsin[]

See also[]

Sources[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Cannabis Culture Awards". Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "NORML Awards History (1998-2017)".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Sender, Hanna (April 20, 2015). "Marijuana Legalization 2015: Meet The 20 Most Influential People In Cannabis". International Business Times.
  4. ^ a b c d Komp, Ellen (August 28, 2014). "Dylan and the Beatles Make Marijuana History, 50 Years Ago". Cannabis Culture.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Top 25 Pot Stars Speak Out, pp. 60-61". High Times. December 1999.
  6. ^ a b Tomicki, Hadley (June 27, 2018). "10 People Fighting for Cannabis Legalization You Need to Know". High Times.

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