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
Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis Party
The Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis Party (G—LC) is a political third party in the U.S. state of Minnesota created by Oliver Steinberg in 2014 to oppose cannabis prohibition. G—LC Is a democratic socialist party with a background branching from the Grassroots Party established in 1986.
Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis Party
Oliver Steinberg at Minnesota State Capitol in 2015
Image: Chris Wright at the Minnesota State Capitol on April 20 2017