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Steve DeAngelo | |
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| Born | June 12, 1958 |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland |
| Occupation | Cannabis rights advocate |
| Website | stevedeangelo |
Steve DeAngelo (born June 12, 1958) is an American activist and advocate for cannabis reform in the United States.
DeAngelo is a co-founder and chairman emeritus of Harborside Inc., a publicly-traded cannabis company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Harborside Health Center was founded in 2006 as a non-profit medical cannabis dispensary and had more than 300,000 registered medical patients.
DeAngelo is also co-founder of Steep Hill, Inc., the first commercial cannabis lab in the country, and co-founder of Arcview Group, the first cannabis investment firm. DeAngelo formerly served Arcview as vice president.
Harborside was the subject of Weed Wars, a reality series which aired on the Discovery Channel. [1]
DeAngelo is the author of The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness.
In 2019 DeAngelo founded Last Prisoner Project, a cannabis reform nonprofit, along with Dean Raise and Andrew DeAngelo. The project advocates for legislation to clear criminal convictions related to cannabis use and provides resources for previously incarcerated individuals. [2]
Early on as an activist, DeAngelo skipped school to attend anti-war demonstrations and eventually dropped out to join the Youth International Party, also known as the Yippies.[ citation needed ] He went on to become the lead organizer of the annual Fourth of July Smoke-In in D.C., carrying the position for a decade. He also opened a D.C. counter-cultural gathering place that became known as a refuge for local cannabis and peace activists during the Reagan-Bush era, including William Kunstler, Wavy Gravy, and author Jack Herer.[ citation needed ]
DeAngelo helped Jack Herer edit and publish the manuscript for his book, “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” and became a lead organizer of the first Hemp Museum and Hemp Tour. He created his first cannabis business: Ecolution. The company was one of the first to ride an industrial hemp boom, manufacturing hemp clothing and accessories for retail sales in 50 states and 21 countries during the ’90s.[ citation needed ]
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