Weedstock Explained
Weedstock was a cannabis rights music festival in the United States, originally held annually near Madison, Wisconsin from 1988 to 2001.[1]
The festival was initiated and organized by Yippie and cannabis activist Ben Masel, and was held for fourteen years despite repeated incidents of attempted police interference.[2] [3] [4]
Masel was a well-known cannabis activist. He ran for political office many times, including against Wisconsin incumbent governors and U.S. senators. He died in 2011.[5]
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- Book: Kuipers . Dean . Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke, pp.124-125 . June 13, 2006 . Bloomsbury . 978-1596911420 . registration .
- Judge blocks large Grassroots fest near Ogilvie . . May 16, 1992 . Doyle, Pat . Slattengren said the Minnesota event was intended primarily as a rock concert, not a political rally. The flier makes no explicit reference to politics. The judge described the scheduled gathering as a sequel to Weedstock and a similar Wisconsin festival called Hempstock, held on Labor Day. .
- Web site: Weedstock case goes up in smoke . . December 5, 2001 . Bridgeford, Brian .
- Web site: Activist Ben Masel Never Shied From Exercising His Rights . . May 3, 2011 . Nichols, John.
- Web site: Marijuana activist Masel was Madison gadfly for 40 years . 2022-09-23 . archive.jsonline.com.
