List of cannabis rights leaders



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
Cannabis rights leaders, listed by country:

Argentina

 * Matías Faray

Australia

 * Michael Balderstone
 * Richard Friar
 * Nevil Schoenmakers
 * Blake “ChillinIT” Turnell

Canada

 * Riley Cote
 * Jodie Emery
 * Marc Emery
 * Grant Krieger
 * Dana Larsen
 * Blair Longley
 * Ron Mann
 * Marc-Boris St-Maurice
 * Hugô St-Onge
 * Brian Taylor
 * John Turmel
 * Val Venis

Czech Republic

 * Lukáš Hurt
 * Bob Hýsek

France

 * Jean-Pierre Galland
 * Safia Lebdi
 * Michel Sitbon

Germany

 * Angela Gossow
 * Georg Wurth

Hungary

 * Juhász Péter

Ireland

 * Ubi Dwyer
 * Luke "Ming" Flanagan
 * Gino Kenny
 * William Brooke O'Shaughnessy

Israel

 * Raphael Mechoulam

Jamaica

 * Bob Marley
 * Peter Tosh

Japan

 * Saya Takagi
 * Junichi Takayasu

Netherlands

 * Frits Bolkestein
 * Dries van Agt
 * Herman George "Armand" van Loenhout
 * Simon Vinkenoog

New Zealand

 * Michael Appleby
 * Abe Gray
 * Dakta Green
 * Rose Renton
 * Chlöe Swarbrick
 * Nándor Tánczos
 * Metiria Turei

Norway

 * Thorvald Stoltenberg

South Africa

 * Lee Harris

Spain

 * Antonio Escohotado
 * Fernanda de la Figuera
 * Albert Tió

Sweden

 * Joar Forssell
 * Sara Skyttedal

United Kingdom

 * Stephen Abrams
 * Richard Branson
 * Paul Flynn
 * George Harrison
 * Clare Hodges
 * Norman Lamb
 * John Lennon
 * Howard Marks
 * Don Barry Mason
 * Paul McCartney
 * Ringo Starr
 * Dean "Black the Ripper" West
 * Kevin Williamson

United States
American cannabis rights leaders, listed by state:

Alabama

 * Loretta Nall

Alaska

 * Charlo Greene
 * Irwin Ravin

Arizona

 * Caroline Killeen
 * Jake Plummer

Arkansas

 * Joycelyn Elders

California

 * Tom Ammiano
 * Nicole Aniston
 * Paul Armentano
 * Ngaio Bealum
 * Doug Benson
 * Eddie Bravo
 * Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr.
 * Jay Cavanaugh
 * Tommy Chong
 * Chris Conrad
 * Valerie Corral
 * Steve DeAngelo
 * Nate Diaz
 * Nick Diaz
 * Lowell Eggemeier
 * Scott Feil
 * Louis "B-Real" Freese
 * Fred Gardner
 * James Gray
 * Al Harrington
 * Jack Herer
 * Jay Evan "Laganja Estranja" Jackson
 * George Clayton Johnson
 * Paul Kantner
 * Paul Krassner
 * Steve Kubby
 * Kyle Kushman
 * Barbara Lee
 * Richard Lee
 * Lucky Lehrer
 * Charles C. Lynch
 * Seth MacFarlane
 * Allison Margolin
 * Terence McKenna
 * Jim McMahon
 * Peter McWilliams
 * Steve McWilliams
 * Christine "Sister Kate" Meeusen
 * Tod Mikuriya
 * Mikki Norris
 * Dennis Peron
 * Michelle Phillips
 * Mary Jane "Brownie Mary" Rathbun
 * Rudy Reyes
 * Seth Rogen
 * Henry Rollins
 * Ed Rosenthal
 * Jerry Rubin
 * Frank Shamrock
 * Cheryl Shuman
 * John Sperling
 * Kyle Turley
 * Marc Wasserman
 * George Zimmer

Colorado

 * William "Wayward Bill" Chengelis
 * Mark Elworth Jr.
 * Krystal Gabel
 * Rachel K. Gillette
 * Ken Gorman
 * Steven Hager
 * Christian Hageseth
 * Nate Jackson
 * Wanda James
 * Laura Kriho
 * Sal Pace
 * Jessica Peck
 * Jared Polis
 * Mason Tvert
 * Brian Vicente
 * Marvin Washington
 * Jane West

Florida

 * Steve Berke
 * Eben Britton
 * Mike James
 * Norm Kent
 * Peter B. Lewis
 * John Morgan
 * Robert Randall

Georgia

 * Sanjay Gupta
 * Cheryl Miller
 * Asher Roth

Hawaii

 * Roger Christie
 * Woody Harrelson
 * Andrew Simmons

Illinois

 * Mezz Mezzrow
 * Jim "Chef Ra" Wilson Jr.

Iowa

 * George McMahon

Kansas

 * Shona Banda

Kentucky

 * Dan Jack Combs
 * Gatewood Galbraith
 * Dakota Meyer

Maryland

 * Montel Williams
 * Kevin Zeese

Massachusetts

 * Constance Bumgarner Gee
 * Jack A. Cole
 * Greta Gaines
 * Lester Grinspoon
 * Daniel "Danny Danko" Vinkovetsky

Michigan

 * Tom Crosslin
 * John Sinclair

Minnesota

 * John Birrenbach
 * Jim Carlson
 * Tim Davis
 * James "Jesse Ventura" Janos
 * Anthony Walsh
 * Chris Wright

Nebraska

 * Donald Fiedler

New Hampshire

 * Abdullah Saeed

New Jersey

 * Cory Booker
 * Edward "NJWeedman" Forchion
 * David L. Nathan
 * Ken Wolski

New Mexico

 * Gary Johnson

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
 * Ethan Nadelmann
 * Anthony Papa
 * David Peel
 * Carl Sagan
 * Ed Sanders
 * Larry Sharpe

Nevada

 * Joseph N. Crowley

North Carolina

 * Sean Haugh

Ohio

 * John Boehner
 * Steve Conliff

Oregon

 * Earl Blumenauer
 * Madeline Martinez
 * Elvy Musikka
 * Clifford Robinson
 * Malcom Gregory Scott
 * Allen St. Pierre
 * Paul Stanford
 * George "Jorge Cervantes" Van Patten

Pennsylvania

 * Gisele Fetterman
 * Kiyoshi Kuromiya
 * Maj Toure

South Dakota

 * Alex White Plume

Tennessee

 * Stephen Gaskin
 * Derrick Morgan

Texas

 * Barry Cooper
 * Brian Cuban
 * Joe Gaddy
 * Larry Hagman
 * Ann Lee
 * Willie Nelson
 * Joe Ptak
 * Brett Stahl
 * Jeffrey "Zeal" Stefanoff
 * Mark Stepnoski

Vermont

 * Cris Ericson
 * Robert Melamede

Virginia

 * Arthur Kleps
 * Michael Krawitz
 * Eugene Monroe

Washington

 * Alison Holcomb
 * Vivian McPeak
 * Norm Stamper
 * Rick Steves
 * Karen Stratton

Washington, D.C.

 * Erik Altieri
 * Richard Cowan
 * Adam Eidinger
 * Rob Kampia
 * Nikolas Schiller
 * Keith Stroup
 * William Creighton Woodward

West Virginia

 * Jon Gettman

Wisconsin

 * Ben Masel
 * Jacki Rickert