# 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
* Mike Harcourt
* Grant Krieger
* Dana Larsen
* Blair Longley
* Ron Mann
* Abi Roach
* Seth Rogen
* Caryma Sa'd
* Marc-Boris St-Maurice
* Hugô St-Onge
* Brian Taylor
* John Turmel
* Val Venis

## Czech Republic

* Lukáš Hurt
* Bob Hýsek

## France

* Jean-Pierre Galland
* Farid Ghehiouèche
* 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
* Nyamko Sabuni
* 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
* Vermin Love Supreme
* Daniel "Danny Danko" Vinkovetsky

### Michigan

* Tom Crosslin
* John Sinclair

### Minnesota

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

### Nebraska

* Donald Fiedler

### Nevada

* Joseph N. Crowley

### 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
* Steven Hager

### 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