Some have questioned the need for a boycott of those who sabotaged the effort, and have called for a more positive approach. So we will begin the info page on those who Supported and Championed the Yes on 19 cause. So let us know who you saw beating the streets to make cannabis legal. Let us thank these supporters and champions.
The BIG THANK YOU PAGE!
- Steve Deangelo (I put you first because I know you love that shit)- Harborside
- Richard Lee- Oaksterdam
- Jeff Jones- Patient ID
- Chris Conrad- Expert Witness
- Mikki Norris- West Coast Leaf
- Debby Goldsberry- BPG
- The Board of Berkeley Patient’s Group
- Ed Rosenthal- Author/Activist
- Valerie Corral- WAMM
- Addison and Jessica Demoura
- Dave Lampach- Steep Hill
- DJ WiiD- Wilson Linker
- Lenny Swerdlow
- Paul Armentano- Author of Marijuana is Safer
- Russ Belville- NORML
- David Pullman- Attorney/Activist
- George Soros (A million)
- George Zimmer- Men’s Wearhouse
- Peter Lewis- Progressive Insurance
- Ethan Nadelman- DPA
- Don Wirtshafter- Common Sense
- Stephen Gutwillig- DPA
- Dale Sky Jones- Campaign coordination
- James Anthony- Lawyer
- Marc Emery- Political prisoner (Google Free Marc!)
- Jodie Emery- Cannabis Culture
- Vivian McPeak
- Seattle Hempfest Crew
- Gean Pool
- Matt Fennel
- Ryan Thompson
- Chris Bennett
- Dana Larson
- Eddy Lepp- Freed Eddy!
- Robert Platshorn- Black Tuna Diaries
- Norm Stamper- LEAP
- Former SJ Police Chief Joseph Macnamera- Campaign help
- Nathanael Bradley- LEAP
- Dan Rush- Union leader
- Lynette Shaw- Marin Alliance
- Judge James Gray
- Dr. Leonard Krivitsky
- Dr.Lester Grinspoon
- Dr. Frank Lucido
- J. David Nick
- Todd McCormick- Hempire Media
- Steve Elliot- Toke of the Town
- Casper Leitch- Time4Hemp
- Tim Martin- John Doe Radio Show
- Carl T. Raff
- Mike Boutin-
- Bliss Edibles- San Francisco
- Juli Indica
- Former NM Governor Gary Johnson
- Student for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
- Jon Perri- SSDP
- Stacia Cosner, SSDP
- MPP
- Moms for Marijuana
- Grass Roots Medical Cannabis Dispensary 1077 Post Street San Francisco
- Pebbles Trippet and Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board
- The Humboldt Growers Association
- Subcool- TGA Seeds
- Emerald Triangle News
- NORML
- ASA (for honesty)
- Dale G.- CANORML.org
- Chris Goldstein, PhillyNORML
- Sabrina Fendrick, NORML
- Diane Renee’ Fornbacher of NJ NORML
- Eric X. Altieri, NORML
- Allen St. Pierre, NORML
- Micah Diagle
- Troy Dayton
- Greta Gaines
- Angel Raich- ARCH
- Amanda Rein
- Cheryl Aichelle
- Holy Hemptress
- John Troll
- Doc Herbalist- MJdispensaries.com
- Jo’el Medicine Man Garcia
- Noah Kerwin
- Jennifer Alexander
- Michael Moore aka Papa Hemp
- Joshua Potter
- RX PO http://www.milehighmedicalcannabis.com/
- PLANT-the-LAND Hemp Apparel
- Glenn Macbeth
- Cheyanne Weldon
- Charlie Brent
- Ngaio Bealum- WCC
- Sonny Kumar- El Camino Wellness
- Dion Markgraaff and NUG Magazine!
- Leo Laurence J.D. (LEAP)
- Yes on 19 San Diego-Rachel, Ben, Chef Truk, Aaron Evans (The Green Brothers), Dana (Forbidden Leaf)
- Shannon Lamoureux
- Richard Rawlings
- Wayward Bill Chengelis
- Sheree Krider
- US Marijuana Party
- McKenna Stephens
- Victoria White
- UCSD & SDSU chapters of SSDP
- Cheba Hut
- San Diego CityBeat
- Henry Hemp
- Danny Danko- HT
- Evan Nison
- Kyle Kushman
- Shiloh Mass
- The Family of Peter Tosh
- The Individuals
- Pony Boy of Los Marijuanos
- Snoop Dogg
- B-Real and Cypress Hill
- Michael Franti and Spearhead
- Melissa Ethridge
- Daddy X- Kottonmouth Kings
- Bill Maher
- Danny DeVito
- Zach Galifianakis
- Tommy Chong
- George Lopez
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Danny Glover
- Susan Sarandon
- American Civil Liberties Union
- CA NAACP
- California Young Democrats
- Republican Liberty Caucus
- California Council of Churches
- Oakland City Council
- Humboldt Count Board of Supervisors
- All the people around the country who did phone banking for Prop 19
- You
- Mickey Martin- T-Comp Consulting
Thanks, as I almost didn’t deserve it. I think Matt Fennel needs to be on this list, I was going to add Joshua Potter, but I see is already rightly there.
Rather than boycotting these businesses, perhaps the proponents of legalization could convene a meeting with these organizations to find out specifically why they voted against Proposition 19.
Most likely when people vote against something it is because they feel (rightly or wrongly) that they were not consulted in any way and that their voices were not being heard.
We need to work together. While it may be advisable to understand who voted against Proposition 19, I would suggest using the method that the Founding Fathers used when they wrote the Declaration of Independence. There were dissenters in that group who probably wanted to realign back with England and yet all agreed to delegate the task of writing the Declaration of Independence to Thomas Jefferson.
I’m honored to have been mentioned and nominate Shannon Lamoureux and Victoria White two out-of-state Legalizers whose honesty, sincerity and sanity grace our Movement, and Donald Emerick of LA who took the issue to the “Vote No on Prop 19” page and called them a bunch of idiots.
Ryan Thompson and most of the members of the group, “Dispensaries, if you don’t support legalization I won’t support you.”
Valerie Leveronie Corral and WAMM. Danny DeVito. Seattle Hempfest. Washington activists in general.
Wow. It’s an honor to be on this list. I don’t know everyone here, but those I have worked with have earned a ton of respect from me. It most certainly helps to have others to work with, it’s rough terrain here in IL. I look forward to meeting those whose path I’ve not crossed yet and will do my best to live up to the Cannabis Warrior title. Onward march!
Thank you to all those wonderful supporters of prop 19. As for those stoners and growers who supported continued prohibition: If I can’t say anything nice I won’t say it, so I have nothing to say to you.