Re-Legalize India

When Ed Rosenthal first visited India in 1981, cannabis cultivation was still legal in certain regions. Today, cultivation is no longer legal anywhere in India. Yet cannabis remains widely available throughout the country—typically of poor quality, harvested prematurely before flowering, and sold through unregulated channels. Prohibition has not eliminated cannabis use; it has simply ensured inferior products while generating no public benefit.

Help Dana Beale Stay a Free Man

Dana Beal is one of the architects behind the modern cannabis movement—whether the industry fully acknowledges it or not.

Long before legalization created today’s regulated markets, Dana was organizing public demonstrations, helping establish what became the Global Marijuana March, and pushing cannabis policy reform into the mainstream conversation.

Today, at 79, he is incarcerated.

Recent reporting highlights that he is currently in Idaho custody and may be required to complete “marijuana addiction” programming—potentially extending his time in detention.

For anyone working in the legal cannabis space, this should give pause.
The industry has matured into a legitimate, revenue-generating sector. But its foundation was built by activists who operated without protection, often at significant personal risk. Some of those individuals are still navigating the consequences of that era.

Dana’s work also extended beyond cannabis. He was an early and persistent advocate for ibogaine research as a potential tool in addressing addiction and trauma—an area that is now beginning to receive renewed scientific and institutional attention, despite ongoing safety and regulatory challenges.

There is a broader question here:
What responsibility does a now-legal industry have to the people who helped make it possible?

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NYC Cannabis Parade → https://lnkd.in/gSg2GM2j

High Times coverage → https://lnkd.in/gWzujykX

This is not just history. It’s a live issue—and one that reflects how unevenly progress is distributed.