- Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whittaker on August 4, 1971) is a Grammy nominated American hardcore rapper known primarily among hip hop fans and music critics during the 1990s. Much of her music has advocated female empowerment, denouncing the frequent sexism found in rap music. Yo-Yo dubbed her rap crew the IBWC, which stood for the Intelligent Black Woman's Coalition. Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" album in 1990. - Method Man
Method Man (born Clifford Smith, April 1, 1971 in Staten Island, New York) is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and member of the hip hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan. He has appeared in films and TV shows such as "CSI, How High, The Wire, Garden State", and "Soul Plane", among others. He took his stage name from the 1979 film "The Fearless Young Boxer", also known as "Method Man". - Travis Henry
Travis Deion Henry (born October 29, 1978 in Frostproof, Florida) is an American football running back who currently plays for the Denver Broncos. He went to the University of Tennessee. His nicknames include T-Hen and Cheese (due to his heavy build). - Woody Harrelson
Known almost as much for his off-screen pastimes as his on-screen characterizations, Woody Harrelson is an actor for whom truth is undeniably stranger than fiction. Son of a convicted murderer, veteran of multiple arrests, outspoken environmentalist, and tireless hemp proponent, Harrelson is colorful even by Hollywood standards. However, he is also a strong, versatile actor, something that tends to be obscured by the attention paid to his real-life antics. - Steve Kubby
Steve Wynn Kubby (born December 28 1946) is a Libertarian Party activist who played a key role in the drafting and passage of California Proposition 215. The proposition was a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana which was approved by voters in 1996. Kubby himself is well-known as a cancer patient who relies on medical cannabis. He has authored two books on drug policy reform: "The Politics of Consciousness", and "Why Marijuana Should Be Legal". - Ken Gorman
Ken Gorman (born July 12, 1946) was a marijuana activist who was shot and killed in his home on February 17, 2007 in Colorado. He ran for Colorado state governor as a write-in candidate and supported pro-legalization candidates, particularly Libertarian candidate Ralph Shnelvar in the 1990s. - Ignacio Ramos
Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos is a former United States Border Patrol Agent, who shot an unarmed illegal alien and drug smuggler on the United States–Mexico border. He was convicted of causing serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and a civil rights violation. - Keller Williams
Keller Williams (also known as K-Dub is a musician from Fredericksburg, Virginia who began performing in the early 1990’s. Keller (as he is referred to by his fans) is best known for his innovative live shows and unconventional playing style. A self taught musician, he usually performs with an acoustic guitar connected to Gibson Echoplex Delay system. - Loretta Nall
Loretta Nall is the founder of the United States Marijuana Party (USMP) which calls for the legalization of cannabis. She was a write-in candidate for governor of Alabama in 2006. Nall founded the USMP in 2002. In 2005, she co-founded Alabamians for Caring Use, a medical marijuana advocacy/lobbying group. Before his 2005 Vancouver, Canada arrest, the so-called "Prince of Pot," Marc Emery, employed Nall under the auspices of Cannabis Culture Magazine. - David Peel
David Peel is a New York-based musician who first recorded in the late 1960s, with Harold Black and Billy Jo White performing as The Lower East Side Band. Though his raw, acoustic "street rock" with lyrics about marijuana and "pigs" appealed mostly to hippies at first, the sound and DIY ethic make him an important, if little-credited, early performer of punk rock. He has performed with artists ranging from B. B. King to GG Allin. After the 1972 departure of White and Black, … - Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps most widely known for her role in the television sitcom "Mad About You". Hunt began her career in the 1970s as a child actress. Her early roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter's daughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and a regular role in the television series "The Swiss Family Robinson". - John Sinclair
John Sinclair (born October 2 1941 in Flint, Michigan) is a Detroit poet, one-time manager of the band MC5, and leader of the White Panther Party from November 1968 to July 1969. He was jailed in 1969 after giving two joints of marijuana to an undercover narcotics officer. His case received international attention when John Lennon performed at a benefit concert on his behalf in 1971. - Dana Beal
Dana Beal (born January 9, 1947 in Okemos, Michigan) is a social and political activist, best known for his efforts to legalize marijuana. - Lil Wyte
Lil Wyte (born Patrick Lanshaw)(c. 1982), is a rapper, and is also a member of the Memphis, Tennessee rap collective Hypnotize Camp Posse. Lanshaw began his career with the all-white underground rap group Shelby Forest Clique. His first album, "Doubt Me Now", produced by DJ Paul & Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia, sold over 130,000 copies independently. - Dennis Peron
Dennis Peron is a medical marijuana activist living in San Francisco. He grew up in the Bronx, served in the Air Force in Vietnam and moved to The Castro where he cofounded the Cannabis Buyers Club and coauthored California Proposition 215. His marijuana business was busted by authorities in 1978 and 1990. In 1996, Dan Lungren, state attorney general, ordered another bust of Peron's club. Proposition 215 was passed soon thereafter, which allowed the club to reopen. - Marcus Camby
Marcus D. Camby (born March 22, 1974 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays center for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. He won the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award while leading the league in blocked shots. His NCAA record at UMass was outstanding, earning him a Player of the Year award for 1995-1996. Marcus wore number 21 at UMass, a number formerly belonging to G. Sean Nelen. - Martin Cauchon
Martin Cauchon, PC, LL.B, LL.M (born August 23 1962) is a Canadian politician and former Liberal Party of Canada cabinet minister. Cauchon was born in La Malbaie, Quebec and studied law at the University of Ottawa and the University of Exeter. He was a lawyer from 1985 to 1993. He first entered politics when he ran against Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in the riding of Charlevoix in the 1988 election, and was defeated. - David Murray
David Anthony Murray (born May 29, 1950, Murray's Gap, St Michael, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in nineteen Tests and ten ODIs from 1973 to 1982. Murray, a son of the great West Indian batsman Everton Weekes often courted controversy. Dependent on marijuana from a young age, he was almost thrown out of the 1975-76 tour to Australia, only saved by the intervention of the sympathetic senior player Lance Gibbs. - Nate Newton
Nathaniel Newton (born December 20, 1961) is a former American Football offensive lineman who played for the Dallas Cowboys (1986-1998) and the Carolina Panthers (1999). He played college football at Florida A&M University, and began his professional career with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League, in 1984 and 1985. Newton was a six time Pro Bowler, attending the game from 1992 through 1996 and once again in 1998. - Lenni Brenner
Lenni Brenner (born 1937) is an American Marxist writer. In the 1960s, Brenner was a prominent civil rights activist and a prominent opponent of the Vietnam War. Brenner was born into an Orthodox Jewish family. He became an atheist at age 10 and a Marxist at age 15. Brenner's involvement with the American Civil Rights Movement began when he met James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality, later the organizer of the "freedom rides" of the early 1960s. - Bam Morris
Byron "Bam" Morris (born January 13, 1972 in Cooper, Texas) is a former American football running back who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Baltimore Ravens, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Morris attended Texas Tech where he won the 1993 Doak Walker Award as the top running back in college football. Among other accomplishments while playing for the Red Raiders, Morris was ranked second in the nation in rushing yards per game in 1993. - Ross Rebagliati
Ross Rebagliati (born July 14, 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional snowboarder. He turned pro in 1991. He was the first ever to win an Olympic gold medal for this sport at the 1998 Winter Olympics. After he won the gold, he was found to have marijuana in his circulatory system and he was automatically disqualified. This decision was eventually overturned, and he was given back the medal. - Doug Wead
Doug Wead, presidential historian, philanthropist and public speaker was a Special Assistant to former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and is the author of over thirty books, including the "New York Times" best-seller "All the Presidents’ Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of the First Families". He has authored a sequel which examines the childhoods of U.S. Presidents, … - Kevin Gage
Kevin Gage (born May 26, 1959) is an American actor. He was married to actress Kelly Preston from 1986-1988. Was born in Wisconsin, U.S.A.; On July 30, 2003, Gage was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison, starting September 29, 2003, for cultivating marijuana despite owning a California-issued license for medicinal marijuana. He was released September 21, 2005. - Grant Krieger
Grant Wayne Krieger is a prominent advocate of legalization of marijuana in Canada. He openly admitted to using and selling marijuana from his home in Calgary, due to his own illness, multiple sclerosis, and various medical conditions of his customers. In 2000 Krieger won a judicial ruling, allowing him to use Marijuana for personal medical purposes. In June 2001 Krieger was acquitted on charges of possessing and trafficking Marijuana. - James P. Gray
James "Jim" P. Gray is currently the presiding judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, California. He is a former Libertarian candidate for the United States Senate. He is also the author of the 2001 book "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It." Raised in the Los Angeles area, Gray earned his undergraduate degree from UCLA in 1966, after which he taught in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica. - Saigon
Saigon (born Brian Carenard, 1978) is an American rapper. Born in Newburgh, New York, He spent his upbringing moving between immediate and extended family members in Spring Valley, New York and Brooklyn as well as parts of New Jersey and Virginia. He cites his mother's inattention towards him due to the new arrival of numerous younger siblings as being the catalyst for his roughly 15-year rebellious period. - Tyrone Brown
Tyrone Brown is an African-American Texan who was serving a life term in Texas maximum security prison for stealing two U.S. dollars and smoking marijuana while on probation. He was recently granted a conditional pardon by Texas Governor Rick Perry. He was released from prison on March 16, 2007. - Jackie Martling
Jackie Martling (born John Coger Martling, Jr. on February 14, 1948) is an American comedian, comedy writer, musician, composer and actor. He is best known as "Jackie The Joke Man," a cast member and later head writer for the "The Howard Stern Show", a syndicated morning radio show which has now moved from terrestrial radio to Sirius satellite radio. - Bill Maas
William Thomas Maas (born March 2, 1962 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania), is a former American Football defensive tackle who played for the Kansas City Chiefs (1984-1992), and the Green Bay Packers (1993). Maas was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1986 and 1987. In 1984 Maas was named The NFL Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. He currently works as a commentator for Fox Sports.From 1998-01, he served as studio anchor and game analyst for NFL games. - Mark Matthew Stepnoski
Mark Stepnoski (born January 20, 1967 in Pittsburgh) is a former American Football offensive lineman. He attended Erie Cathedral Prep in Erie, Pennsylvania, and went on to star at the University of Pittsburgh. Stepnoski's pro career in the NFL was spent with the Dallas Cowboys (1989-1994, 1999-2000), and the Houston Oilers (1995-1998). Stepnoski was a five time Pro Bowler, attending the game from 1992 through 1996. - Jonathan Magbie
Jonathan Magbie (1980 - September 24, 2004) was a quadriplegic who died in jail while serving a ten-day sentence for marijuana possession. Magbie was paralyzed from the neck down after being struck by a drunk driver at the age of four. In 2004, he was charged with marijuana possession after police found a marijuana cigarette and a loaded gun in his car. - Norm Kent
Norman Elliott (Norm) Kent. (born 18 October, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) is a South Florida criminal defense attorney, publisher and radio talk show host. The founder and publisher of The Express, in 1999, Florida's largest gay and lesbian weekly newspaper, he was previously the morning drive talk show host for WFTL-1400 AM from 1989-1997. After surviving a bout with lymphoma, he had another stint at the new WFTL-850 AM from 2002-2005 as a daily talk show host, … - Craig X Rubin
Craig X Rubin was born November 22, 1965 as Craig Allen Roberts. At UCLA while studying history he read Malcolm X's autobiography and decided to change his name back to his family name of Rubin. Craig's grandfather had changed the name from Roberts to Rubin when working for Henry Ford who would not hire Jews. When Craig changed his name in 1990 he added 'X' as his middle name. This name stuck with him and he is now listed with SAG as the actor "Craig X". - Brion Gysin
Brion Gysin (January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a writer, painter, and musician born outside of London, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Brion Gysin is best known for his rediscovery of Tristan Tzara's cut-up technique while cutting through a newspaper upon which he was trimming some mats. In Tangier he established a restaurant called the 1001 Nights with Moroccan musicians from the village of Jajouka. The musicians performed there for an international clientele. - Henry Hill
Henry Hill (born 1918) is an American artist. Hill was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son and grandson of executives of a furniture company. He studied fine arts at Cornell University, but dropped out only a year before completing his studies. He moved to California in 1939, hoping to join the newly-founded Disney Company as an artist, but was not hired. Shortly afterward, he joined the Army as the United States entered World War II, … - Nadine Strossen
Nadine Strossen , president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and professor of law at New York Law School, will speak about cyber censorship on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. She was named one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by National Law Review two times and among the top "100 Executives Leading the Digital Revolution" by Upside Magazine, in addition to many other distinctions. - Patrick Dorismond
Patrick J. Dorismond (1974-2000) was the father of two children, an off-duty security guard and a Haitian immigrant who was killed by an undercover NYPD officer on the evening of March 15, 2000. The undercover police officer--who approached Dorismond and his friend who were standing outside the Wakamba Cocktail Lounge--asked him where he and his partners could purchase crack cocaine. One of the officers, Anthony Vasquez, shot Patrick Dorismond in the chest after a scuffle. - John Harvey
John Harvey (27 September 1911 - July 19, 1982) was an English actor. Born in London, he played Private Earhart in the play "Kiss and Tell" (1943) on the Broadway stage. With his success in the role, he was soon signed to a motion picture contract by 20th Century Fox. His debut was in the role as Tommy Dooley in Fox's musical/romance "Pin-Up Girl" (1944), in which he wooed and won co-star Betty Grable. - Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah (b. 1980 in Sierra Leone) is the author of the memoir, "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier". In 1991, a vicious civil war overtook Sierra Leone. His parents and two brothers were killed; at the age of 13, he was pressed into service as a child soldier. He fought for almost three years before being rescued by UNICEF. In 1998, he fled from Freetown after the 1999 coup to New York City. He now calls his foster mother, Laura Simms, his mother.
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