Grassroots Party
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The Grassroots Party was a political third party in the United States established in 1986 to oppose drug prohibition. The party shared many of the progressive values of the Farmer-Labor Party but with an emphasis on cannabis/hemp legalization issues, and the organization traced their roots to the Youth International Party of the 1960s.
Grassroots Party
Minnesota Grassroots Party in Saint Paul on April 15, 1991
Minnesota Grassroots Party logo, circa 2012
Logo of the Vermont Grassroots, circa 1994
Jack Herer
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Jack Herer, sometimes called the "Emperor of Hemp", was an American cannabis rights activist and the author of the 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes. Herer founded and served as the director of the organization Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP).
Jack Herer in Washington, DC, in 1989.
Jack Herer and Dana Beal at the September 1989 Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Fest in Madison, Wisconsin.
Herer speaking at the 2009 Hempstalk Festival, moments before his second heart attack