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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ben Masel</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Masel_in_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ben_Masel_in_2010.jpg/220px-Ben_Masel_in_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ben_Masel_in_2010.jpg/330px-Ben_Masel_in_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ben_Masel_in_2010.jpg/440px-Ben_Masel_in_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ben Masel at the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Capitol" title="Wisconsin State Capitol">Wisconsin Capitol</a> in 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Bennett A. Masel</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1954-10-17</span>)</span>October 17, 1954<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 30, 2011<span style="display:none">(2011-04-30)</span> (aged 56)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Publisher<br />First Amendment plaintiff</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1968–2011</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marijuana_legalization_in_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana legalization in United States">Marijuana legalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="Free speech">Free speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underground_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Underground newspaper">Underground newspapers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Semilla Anderson</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bennett A. “Ben” Masel</b> (October 17, 1954 – April 30, 2011) was an American writer, publisher, <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_rights" title="Cannabis rights">cannabis rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="Free speech">free speech</a> activist, expert witness for marijuana defendants, and frequent candidate for public office. A skilled <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> player, Masel was director of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_NORML" title="Wisconsin NORML">Wisconsin NORML</a>, and organizer of <a href="/wiki/Weedstock" title="Weedstock">Weedstock</a> and the annual <a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Festival" title="Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival">Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival</a> which has been held in front of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Capitol" title="Wisconsin State Capitol">Wisconsin State Capitol</a> every autumn since 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Isthmus_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Isthmus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CapitalTimes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapitalTimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masel, who was known for his <a href="/wiki/Yippie" class="mw-redirect" title="Yippie">Yippie</a> theatrics and <a href="/wiki/Anti-war_movement" title="Anti-war movement">anti-war</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pro-labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-labor">pro-labor</a> activism, was born in the <a href="/wiki/Bronx" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronx">Bronx</a>, grew up in New Jersey, and in 1971 relocated to <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison</a>, where he became a fixture of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> political scene for 40 years. He died of cancer in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Journal2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_activism">Life and activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_and_early_activism">Education and early activism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education and early activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masel, who was born in New York in 1954 and grew up in New Jersey,<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> became involved with the <a href="/wiki/Youth_International_Party" title="Youth International Party">Youth International Party</a> when he was a teenager, earning him the distinction of being the youngest person on <a href="/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List" title="Nixon's Enemies List">Nixon's Enemies List</a>. Masel was arrested during the Yippie <a href="/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protest_activity" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity">protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a>. The arrest embarked Masel on a lifelong career of <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a> <a href="/wiki/Litigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Litigation">litigation</a> and activism.<sup id="cite_ref-NORML_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NORML-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Homage_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Homage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971, Masel moved to <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin</a> briefly before being expelled for his involvement in demonstrations.<sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kos_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kos-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masel, a Yippie “<a href="/wiki/Street_theatre" title="Street theatre">street theatre</a>” <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Personal_freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal freedom">personal freedom</a> protester, made national headlines in 1976 for heckling <a href="/wiki/Segregationist" class="mw-redirect" title="Segregationist">segregationist</a> Alabama Governor <a href="/wiki/George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace</a> from a wheelchair. Over his lifetime, Masel was arrested 137 times.<sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Homage_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Homage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CityTimes2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CityTimes2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harvestfest_and_Weedstock">Harvestfest and Weedstock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Harvestfest and Weedstock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Festival" title="Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival">Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival</a> in Madison, the oldest and longest running cannabis rights festival in the United States, was first held in 1971 following a series of <a href="/wiki/Drug-trafficking" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug-trafficking">marijuana-trafficking</a> arrests and marchers carried signs reading "Free <a href="/wiki/Dana_Beal" title="Dana Beal">Dana Beal</a>". Masel organized the demonstration to support Beal, and after that it became an annual event.<sup id="cite_ref-Homage_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Homage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Herald_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herald-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-News2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masel's roving Weedstock “protestival” was held for fourteen years, from 1988 to 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_writing_and_publishing">Political writing and publishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political writing and publishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masel was a reporter for <i>The Yipster Times</i>, a newspaper of the Youth International Party, or Yippies.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CityTimes1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CityTimes1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Masel co-authored <i>Blacklisted News: Secret Histories from Chicago, ’68 to 1984</i>, a comprehensive history of the Youth International Party.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masel published the underground newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Zenger" title="Zenger">Zenger</a></i> from 1987 to 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-TalkLeft_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TalkLeft-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until his death, Masel maintained online political action blogs and petitions at <a href="/wiki/Myspace" title="Myspace">Myspace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alternative_media" title="Alternative media">alternative media</a> sites.<sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-News1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Xlibris_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xlibris-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_campaigns_and_advocacy">Election campaigns and advocacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Election campaigns and advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Masel_at_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Fest_in_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ben_Masel_at_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Fest_in_2008.jpg/220px-Ben_Masel_at_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Fest_in_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ben_Masel_at_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Fest_in_2008.jpg/330px-Ben_Masel_at_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Fest_in_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ben_Masel_at_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Fest_in_2008.jpg/440px-Ben_Masel_at_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Fest_in_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1010" data-file-height="1010" /></a><figcaption>Ben Masel at the <a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Marijuana_Harvest_Festival" title="Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival">Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival</a> in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Steve_DeAngelo" title="Steve DeAngelo">Steve DeAngelo</a>, the first Hemp Tour in 1989 was Masel’s idea. <a href="/wiki/Jack_Herer" title="Jack Herer">Jack Herer</a> visited fourteen American cities, promoting the revised edition of his book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Emperor_Wears_No_Clothes" title="The Emperor Wears No Clothes">The Emperor Wears No Clothes</a></i>, in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-Schuster_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schuster-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, Masel ran against <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Governor">Wisconsin Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Thompson" title="Tommy Thompson">Tommy Thompson</a> in the Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-Isthmus_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Isthmus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the 1990 Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival at the Wisconsin Capitol drew the criticism of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Attorney General">Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Don_Hanaway" title="Don Hanaway">Don Hanaway</a>, Masel challenged Hanaway to a chess match in order to prove that cannabis does not diminish intelligence. Hanaway declined Masel's chess game challenge.<sup id="cite_ref-Isthmus_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Isthmus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a 1992 write-in bid for <a href="/wiki/Dane_County,_Wisconsin" title="Dane County, Wisconsin">Dane County</a> sheriff, Masel's campaign poster pictured him naked with the slogan: "Nothing to Hide, Masel for Sheriff". He got more than 7,000 votes. And when he made the ballot in 1994 as the Democratic candidate for sheriff, Masel received more than 39,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-CapitalTimes_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapitalTimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masel challenged US Senator <a href="/wiki/Herb_Kohl" title="Herb Kohl">Herb Kohl</a> in the Democratic primary in 2006 and got over 50,000 votes (about 15 percent).<sup id="cite_ref-CapitalTimes_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapitalTimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time he was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, Masel was again seeking the Wisconsin Democratic Party endorsement for <a href="/wiki/US_senator" class="mw-redirect" title="US senator">US senator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CapitalTimes_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapitalTimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NORML_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NORML-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kos_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kos-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_rights_career">Civil rights career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civil rights career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masel was a professional protester. He got a $95,000 settlement from <a href="/wiki/Sauk_County,_Wisconsin" title="Sauk County, Wisconsin">Sauk County, Wisconsin</a>, after police officers wearing body armor arrested about a dozen Weedstock festival-goers, including Masel, who refused an order to vacate the grounds after being told the festival could not be held on a private field there, in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Journal2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Republic1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Republic1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Republic2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Republic2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 29, 2006, while lawfully gathering signatures during an election campaign, Masel was confronted by two <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a> police officers who threw him to the ground, pinned him with a knee on his back and then pepper-sprayed him in the face. Masel's federal civil rights suit against police officers John McCaughtry and Michael Mansavage which was heard at trial in 2009 before a hung jury and was to be reheard at a second trial in 2010, was settled out of court. Masel agreed to accept $7,500 from the state of Wisconsin to dismiss the appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-Republic2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Republic2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Journal1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A longtime friend of Masel, Amy Gros-Louis, told a <i><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Journal" title="Wisconsin State Journal">Wisconsin State Journal</a></i> reporter that “Ben knew the laws better than the police did.” Masel fought limitations to free speech and the right to assemble. Whenever police tried to stop him, he would sue. And he usually won, according to Jeff Scott Olson, Masel's lawyer.<sup id="cite_ref-Journal2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy_and_recognition">Legacy and recognition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April, 2011, Masel was recognized by the <a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_the_Reform_of_Marijuana_Laws" title="National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws">National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws</a> board of directors with an award of special appreciation for "A Lifetime of Outstanding Work in Advancing the Cause of Legalizing Marijuana".<sup id="cite_ref-NORML_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NORML-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-News1_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Xlibris_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xlibris-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 420 <a href="/wiki/Chess_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Chess Club">Chess Club</a> held an online competition called The Ben Masel Memorial 420 <a href="/wiki/Chess_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Chess Tournament">Chess Tournament</a> from May, 2011, through February, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-420ChessClub_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-420ChessClub-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 17, 2011, the City of <a href="/wiki/Madison_Common_Council" title="Madison Common Council">Madison Common Council</a> declared <a href="/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)" title="420 (cannabis culture)">April 20</a> to be Ben Masel Day.<sup id="cite_ref-VoteHemp_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoteHemp-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Capitol_Times_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capitol_Times-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masel was named <i><a href="/wiki/High_Times" title="High Times">High Times</a>’</i> Freedom Fighter of the Month in August, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-NORML_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NORML-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Illness_and_death">Illness and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Illness and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January, 2011, Masel was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He underwent a series of <a href="/wiki/Radiation_therapy" title="Radiation therapy">radiation treatments</a> and was given <a href="/wiki/Anabolic_steroid" title="Anabolic steroid">steroids</a> to aid his breathing, but became too weak to undergo <a href="/wiki/Chemotherapy" title="Chemotherapy">chemotherapy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, Masel remained upbeat and never stopped demonstrating, even defying his doctor's advice in order to join a month-long <a href="/wiki/Labor_rights" title="Labor rights">labor rights</a> protest being held at the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Capitol" title="Wisconsin State Capitol">Wisconsin State Capitol</a> during April. Masel, who did not have health insurance, died in a <a href="/wiki/Hospice" title="Hospice">hospice</a>, surrounded by friends and family, on April 30, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is survived by his daughter, Semilla Anderson, and granddaughter, Anandi.<sup id="cite_ref-CapitalTimes_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapitalTimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Journal2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kos_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kos-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VoteHemp_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoteHemp-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Masel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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Xlibris Corporation. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781469198767" title="Special:BookSources/9781469198767"><bdi>9781469198767</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Purpose+Beyond+2012%3A+The+Wisconsin+Idea%2C+Occupy+Wall+Street+and+Democracy%27s+Future%2C+p.+467&rft.pub=Xlibris+Corporation&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9781469198767&rft.au=Reichertz%2C+WJ&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D83u0GGCPrG0C%26q%3Dben%2Bmasel%2Bchampion%2Bchess%26pg%3DPA467&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Schuster-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Schuster_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLee,_Martin_A.2013" class="citation book cs1">Lee, Martin A. (August 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8XE-AAAAQBAJ&q=masel+harvest+festival&pg=PA199"><i>Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific, p. 199</i></a>. Simon and Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781439102619" title="Special:BookSources/9781439102619"><bdi>9781439102619</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Smoke+Signals%3A+A+Social+History+of+Marijuana+-+Medical%2C+Recreational+and+Scientific%2C+p.+199&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=2013-08&rft.isbn=9781439102619&rft.au=Lee%2C+Martin+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8XE-AAAAQBAJ%26q%3Dmasel%2Bharvest%2Bfestival%26pg%3DPA199&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Republic1-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Republic1_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBridgeford,_Brian2001" class="citation web cs1">Bridgeford, Brian (December 5, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n2031/a02.html?3276">"Weedstock case goes up in smoke"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Baraboo_News_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Baraboo News Republic">Baraboo News Republic</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baraboo+News+Republic&rft.atitle=Weedstock+case+goes+up+in+smoke&rft.date=2001-12-05&rft.au=Bridgeford%2C+Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapinc.org%2Fdrugnews%2Fv01%2Fn2031%2Fa02.html%3F3276&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Republic2-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Republic2_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Republic2_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlater,_Dj2006" class="citation web cs1">Slater, Dj (July 1, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n874/a07.html">"Weedstock organizer peppersprayed, arrested"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Baraboo_News_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Baraboo News Republic">Baraboo News Republic</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baraboo+News+Republic&rft.atitle=Weedstock+organizer+peppersprayed%2C+arrested&rft.date=2006-07-01&rft.au=Slater%2C+Dj&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapinc.org%2Fdrugnews%2Fv06%2Fn874%2Fa07.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Journal1-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Journal1_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTreleven,_Ed2010" class="citation web cs1">Treleven, Ed (May 27, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/pot-activist-masel-state-reach-deal-on-excessive-force-lawsuit/article_8f4ceede-69d4-11df-8815-001cc4c002e0.html">"Pot activist Masel, state reach deal on excessive force lawsuit"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Journal" title="Wisconsin State Journal">Wisconsin State Journal</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Wisconsin+State+Journal&rft.atitle=Pot+activist+Masel%2C+state+reach+deal+on+excessive+force+lawsuit&rft.date=2010-05-27&rft.au=Treleven%2C+Ed&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhost.madison.com%2Fwsj%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcrime_and_courts%2Fpot-activist-masel-state-reach-deal-on-excessive-force-lawsuit%2Farticle_8f4ceede-69d4-11df-8815-001cc4c002e0.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-420ChessClub-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-420ChessClub_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirkman,_Lisa2011" class="citation web cs1">Kirkman, Lisa (May 7, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chess.com/tournament/the-ben-masel-memorial-420-chess-tournament">"The Ben Masel Memorial 420 Chess Tournament"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Chess.com" title="Chess.com">Chess.com</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Chess.com&rft.atitle=The+Ben+Masel+Memorial+420+Chess+Tournament&rft.date=2011-05-07&rft.au=Kirkman%2C+Lisa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chess.com%2Ftournament%2Fthe-ben-masel-memorial-420-chess-tournament&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VoteHemp-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VoteHemp_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VoteHemp_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMadison_Common_Council2011" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Common_Council" title="Madison Common Council">Madison Common Council</a> (May 17, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.votehemp.com/PDF/Ben_Masel_Day.pdf">"Honoring the life of Bennett "Ben" Masel, his contributions to our community and declaring April 20th as "Ben Masel Day" in the City of Madison"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">City of Madison</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=City+of+Madison&rft.atitle=Honoring+the+life+of+Bennett+%22Ben%22+Masel%2C+his+contributions+to+our+community+and+declaring+April+20th+as+%22Ben+Masel+Day%22+in+the+City+of+Madison&rft.date=2011-05-17&rft.au=Madison+Common+Council&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.votehemp.com%2FPDF%2FBen_Masel_Day.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Capitol_Times-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Capitol_Times_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/happy-ben-masel-day/article_bb815420-8af4-11e1-86ec-0019bb2963f4.html">"Happy Ben Masel Day!"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Capital_Times" title="The Capital Times">The Capital Times</a></i>. April 20, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Capital+Times&rft.atitle=Happy+Ben+Masel+Day%21&rft.date=2012-04-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhost.madison.com%2Fct%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Feditorial%2Fhappy-ben-masel-day%2Farticle_bb815420-8af4-11e1-86ec-0019bb2963f4.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Masel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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title="Δ-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol"><i>delta</i>-8-THC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CE%94-10-Tetrahydrocannabinol" title="Δ-10-Tetrahydrocannabinol"><i>delta</i>-10-THC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol" title="Tetrahydrocannabinol">THC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabihexol" title="Tetrahydrocannabihexol">THCH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabiphorol" title="Tetrahydrocannabiphorol">THCP</a></li></ul></li> <li>Other <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabidiol" title="Cannabidiol">CBD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabihexol" title="Tetrahydrocannabihexol">CBDH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabidiphorol" title="Cannabidiphorol">CBDP</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Effects_of_cannabis" title="Effects of cannabis">Effects</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March" title="Global Marijuana March">GMM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Action_Partnership" title="Law Enforcement Action Partnership">LEAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multidisciplinary_Association_for_Psychedelic_Studies" title="Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies">MAPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marijuana_Policy_Project" title="Marijuana Policy Project">MPP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Cannabis_Industry_Association" title="National Cannabis Industry Association">NCIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_the_Reform_of_Marijuana_Laws" title="National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws">NORML</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NORML_France" title="NORML France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORML_New_Zealand" title="NORML New Zealand">NZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORML_UK" title="NORML UK">UK</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safer_Alternative_for_Enjoyable_Recreation" title="Safer 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Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service">ICEERS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adult_lifetime_cannabis_use_by_country" title="Adult lifetime cannabis use by country">Adult lifetime use by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annual_cannabis_use_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Annual cannabis use by country">Annual use by country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists#Cannabis" title="Bootleggers and Baptists">Bootleggers and Baptists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_rights" title="Cannabis rights">Cannabis rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cannabis_rights_leaders" title="List of cannabis rights leaders">Activists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_cannabis_trafficking" title="Capital punishment for cannabis trafficking">Capital punishment for cannabis trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effects_of_legalized_cannabis" title="Effects of legalized cannabis">Effects of legalized cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March" title="Global Marijuana March">Global Marijuana March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis" title="Legality of cannabis">Legality of cannabis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drug_control_treaties" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug control treaties">Internationally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cannabis_regulatory_agencies" title="List of cannabis regulatory agencies">Regulatory agencies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs" title="Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs">1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_on_Psychotropic_Substances" title="Convention on Psychotropic Substances">1971 Vienna Convention on Psychotropic Substances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances" title="United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances">1998 UN Convention on Illicit Trafficking</a></li></ul></li> <li>In the U.S. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Legal history of cannabis in the United States">Legal history in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937" title="Marihuana Tax Act of 1937">Marihuana Tax Act of 1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_cannabis_law" title="Timeline of cannabis law">Timeline of cannabis law</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major legal<br />reforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Treaty law: <a href="/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_and_cannabis_resin_from_Schedule_IV_of_the_Single_Convention_on_narcotic_drugs,_1961" title="Removal of cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the Single Convention on narcotic drugs, 1961">Rescheduling of cannabis in 2020</a></li> <li>Canada: <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_Act" title="Cannabis Act">2018 Cannabis Act</a></li> <li>Germany: <a href="/wiki/German_cannabis_control_bill" title="German cannabis control bill">German cannabis control bill</a></li> <li>UK: <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_classification_in_the_United_Kingdom#Return_to_class_B" title="Cannabis classification in the United Kingdom">Return to class B</a></li> <li>Uruguay: <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Uruguay" title="Cannabis in Uruguay">Law No. 19172</a></li> <li>US: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States">Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_from_Schedule_I_of_the_Controlled_Substances_Act" title="Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act">Rescheduling per the Controlled Substances Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemp_Farming_Act_of_2018" title="Hemp Farming Act of 2018">Hemp Farming Act of 2018</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politicians<br />and parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_political_parties" title="Cannabis political parties">Cannabis political parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_political_parties_of_the_United_States" title="Cannabis political parties of the United States">of the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_political_parties_of_Minnesota" title="Cannabis political parties of Minnesota">of Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_Party_(Spain)" title="Cannabis Party (Spain)">of Spain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_politicians_who_have_acknowledged_cannabis_use" title="List of British politicians who have acknowledged cannabis use">List of British politicians who have acknowledged cannabis use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_politicians_who_have_acknowledged_cannabis_use" title="List of United States politicians who have acknowledged cannabis use">List of American politicians who have acknowledged cannabis use</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legal cases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ker_v._California" title="Ker v. California">Ker v. California</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leary_v._United_States" title="Leary v. United States">Leary v. United States</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States" title="Kyllo v. United States">Kyllo v. United States</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich" title="Gonzales v. Raich">Gonzales v. Raich</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ADPF_187" title="ADPF 187">ADPF 187</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drug_liberalization" title="Drug liberalization">Drug liberalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_cannabis_industry" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cannabis industry">Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cannabis industry</a></li> <li>Substances <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabinoid_receptor_antagonist" title="Cannabinoid receptor antagonist">Cannabinoid receptor antagonist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endocannabinoid_enhancer" title="Endocannabinoid enhancer">Endocannabinoid enhancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endocannabinoid_reuptake_inhibitor" title="Endocannabinoid reuptake inhibitor">Endocannabinoid reuptake inhibitor</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cannabis_leaf.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Cannabis_leaf.svg/15px-Cannabis_leaf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Cannabis_leaf.svg/22px-Cannabis_leaf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Cannabis_leaf.svg/30px-Cannabis_leaf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="546" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Cannabis" title="Portal:Cannabis"><i>Cannabis</i> portal</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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title="Tactical frivolity">Tactical frivolity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adbusters" title="Adbusters">Adbusters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anonymous_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anonymous (group)">Anonymous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbie_Liberation_Organization" title="Barbie Liberation Organization">Barbie Liberation Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Liberation_Front" title="Billboard Liberation Front">Billboard Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billionaires_for_Bush" title="Billionaires for Bush">Billionaires for Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bubble_Project" title="The Bubble Project">The Bubble Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cacophony_Society" title="Cacophony Society">Cacophony Society</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Veterans_of_Future_Wars" title="Veterans of Future Wars">Veterans of Future Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whirl-Mart" title="Whirl-Mart">Whirl-Mart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Ming" title="Wu Ming">Wu Ming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Yes_Men" title="The Yes Men">The Yes Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youth_International_Party" title="Youth International Party">Yippies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Discordianism" title="Discordianism">Discordianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius" title="Church of the SubGenius">Church of the SubGenius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provo_(movement)" title="Provo (movement)">Provo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychogeography" title="Psychogeography">Psychogeography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Billy_and_the_Church_of_Stop_Shopping" title="Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping">Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Abel" title="Alan Abel">Alan Abel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banksy" title="Banksy">Banksy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Billy_and_the_Church_of_Stop_Shopping" title="Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping">Reverend Billy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Midnight_broadcast_signal_intrusion" title="Captain Midnight broadcast signal intrusion">Captain Midnight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Draper" title="John Draper">Captain Crunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_English_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron English (artist)">Ron English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbie_Hoffman" title="Abbie Hoffman">Abbie Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Klein" title="Naomi Klein">Naomi Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Law_(artist)" title="John Law (artist)">John Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaclypse_the_Younger" title="Malaclypse the Younger">Malaclypse the Younger</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ben Masel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Randolph" title="Sal Randolph">Sal Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rubin" title="Jerry Rubin">Jerry Rubin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joey_Skaggs" title="Joey Skaggs">Joey Skaggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Stang" title="Ivan Stang">Ivan Stang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Wendell_Thornley" title="Kerry Wendell Thornley">Kerry Wendell Thornley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Wasik" title="Bill Wasik">Bill Wasik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson" title="Robert Anton Wilson">Robert Anton Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lamborn_Wilson" 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href="/wiki/Saint_Stupid%27s_Day_Parade" title="Saint Stupid's Day Parade">Saint Stupid's Day Parade</a> (late 1970s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burning_Man" title="Burning Man">Burning Man</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking" title="Max Headroom signal hijacking">Max Headroom signal hijacking</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grunge_speak" title="Grunge speak">Grunge speak</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K_Foundation" title="K Foundation">K Foundation</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SantaCon" title="SantaCon">SantaCon</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Urban_Iditarod" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Urban Iditarod">Portland Urban Iditarod</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pillow_fight_flash_mob" title="Pillow fight flash mob">Pillow fight flash mob</a> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-consumerism" title="Anti-consumerism">Anti-consumerism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artivism" title="Artivism">Artivist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Critique_of_work" title="Critique of work">Critique of work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_culture_jamming_organizations_and_people" title="List of culture jamming organizations and people">List of culture jamming organizations and people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Performance_art" title="Performance art">Performance art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_art" title="Street art">Street art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subculture" title="Subculture">Subculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surreal_humour" title="Surreal humour">Surreal humour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mindfuck" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Mindfuck">Operation Mindfuck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style 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