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Cannabis rights organizations

Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics The Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (ACT) is an organization supporting medical marijuana that was founded in 1981 by Robert C. Randall Robert C. Randall (1948 – June 2, 2001) was an American advocate for medical marijuana and the founde ...

American Alliance for Medical Cannabis The American Alliance for Medical Cannabis (AAMC) is an organization that promotes the legal access to medical cannabis, with the help of health professionals, members of the community, educators, patients, clergy and caregivers. The National Dir ...

American Civil Liberties Union The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". T ...

American Medical Marijuana Association The American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) is an organization formed to promote and protect legal access to medical marijuana. AMMA was founded in cyberspace on October 27, 2000, by Steve Kubby, Ed Rosenthal, and Tod H. Mikuriya. AMMA i ...

Americans for Safe Access Americans for Safe Access (ASA), based in Washington, D.C., is a member-based organization working to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic uses and research. Americans for Safe Access works in partnership with local, state, an ...

* Buffalo Cannabis Movement * California Cannabis Research Medical Group *

Cannabis Law Reform Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR), formerly the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, is a United Kingdom lobby group which campaigns to end the prohibition of cannabis. The group was founded in 1997 and reformed as CLEAR in 2011. It campaigned in a number of ele ...

Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis is a U.S. organization founded c. 2002 to support removal of marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The group was organized immediately after the U.S. Court of Appeals denied the ''Hi ...

Dagga Couple The Dagga Couple or DC is a pro-cannabis lobbyist organisation from South Africa founded by Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clarke after the two were arrested for the possession and dealing in the substance in 2010. Rather than plead guilty, the couple ...

* Dank of England *

Doctors for Cannabis Regulation Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which serves as a global voice for physicians and health professionals who support cannabis legalization and science-based regulation in the United States and abroad. D ...

Drug Policy Alliance The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is a New York City–based nonprofit organization that seeks to advance policies that “reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and b ...

European Industrial Hemp Association The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) is a consortium of the hemp-processing industry representing the common interests of industrial hemp farmers and producers, both nationally and at the European level. EIHA is the only consortium in th ...

FAAAT think & do tank For Alternative Approaches to Addiction, Think & do tank (FAAAT or FAAAT think & do tank) is an international non-profit organization working on drug policy, created in 2015 and based in Paris, France. The organization focuses on research and a ...

Finnish Cannabis Association The Finnish Cannabis Association (FCA; fi, Suomen kannabisyhdistys; sv, Finlands Cannabisförening, commonly referred to by the acronym SKY) is a Finnish non-governmental organisation whose purpose is to advocate legalisation or decriminalisati ...

Global Commission on Drug Policy The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is a panel of world leaders and intellectuals, with a Secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland. In June 2011, the commission said: "The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for i ...

Great Legalisation Movement India The Great Legalisation Movement India (GLM India) is a non-profit organisation working to legalise the use of cannabis for medical and industrial purposes in India. It was founded in November 2014 by Viki Vaurora. The social stigma associated wit ...

* Green Panthers *

Hemp Industries Association The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) is a non-profit trade group representing hemp companies, researchers and supporters in the United States and Canada. The group petitions for fair and equal treatment of industrial hemp. Since 1994, the HIA has ...

International Hemp Building Association The International Hemp Building Association (IHBA) is the largest association internationally in this sector. Members and partners of the association include architects, builders, consultants, designers, the European Industrial Hemp Association (E ...

Law Enforcement Action Partnership The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), formerly Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization group of current and former police, judges, prosecutors, and other criminal justice professionals who use their ex ...

Marijuana Policy Project The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) is the largest organization working solely on marijuana policy reform in the United States in terms of its budget, number of members, and staff. Its stated aims are to: (1) increase public support for non-pu ...

Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America The Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA) was founded in 2009 in Denver, Colorado, and worked to raise awareness and remove the negative social stigma associated with a patient's choice in medicine, namely medical marijuana. MMAP ...

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is an American nonprofit organization working to raise awareness and understanding of psychedelic substances. MAPS was founded in 1986 by Rick Doblin and is now based in San Jose, C ...

National Cannabis Industry Association The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) is an American non-profit organization based in the District of Columbia, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. NCIA is the largest cannabis trade association in the U.S. and the only org ...

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML ) is a social welfare organization based in Washington, D.C., that advocates for the reform of marijuana laws in the United States regarding both medical and non-medical use. Acc ...

(NORML) **

Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition The Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition (MassCann) is a non-profit public education organization working for the moderation of marijuana laws. MassCann organizes the Freedom Rally on Boston Common every third Saturday in September. Their newsl ...

(MassCann/NORML) **

Minnesota NORML Minnesota NORML is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) affiliate for the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2017, Michael Ford served as the organization's executive director. History Tim Davis served as Minnesota NORM ...

NORML France NORML France (/ˈnɔːrməl/, the ''National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws''), previously known as ''Chanvre & Libertés - NORML France'' (''Hemp & Freedom - NORML France'') is a French non-profit organization based in Toulouse bu ...

NORML New Zealand NORML New Zealand is a cannabis law reform organisation in New Zealand. It is a National Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Media and activism NORML New Zealand publish the print and electronic quarte ...

NORML UK NORML UK is the United Kingdom branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a cannabis legalisation campaign organisation. NORML UK was founded in 2012. Their mission statement is "NORML UK demands the right to pursue peac ...

Ohio NORML Ohio NORML is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws affiliate for the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2015, the chapter's leader, Rob Ryan, was removed from his position for supporting ResponsibleOhio's effort to legalize marijuana. ...

Oregon NORML Oregon NORML is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) affiliate for the U.S. state of Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River del ...

Otago NORML Otago University NORML (also known as simply Otago NORML or NORML Dunedin) is a pro cannabis (drug), cannabis law reform student club at the University of Otago, affiliated to the Otago University Students Association. It is a local chapter of th ...

Portland NORML Portland NORML is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) affiliate for Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The chapter was established in January 2015 by Portland-based radio host and cannabis activist Russ Belville. ...

Texas NORML Texas NORML is a chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) based in Austin, Texas. Jax Finkel serves as the organization's executive director. The organization's mission is to establish legal access to cannabi ...

Wisconsin NORML Wisconsin NORML is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) affiliate for the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2019, Alan Robinson serves as Executive Director of Wisconsin NORML. History In the 1990s, Ben Masel was the o ...

November Coalition The November Coalition is a non-profit grassroots organization, founded in 1997, which fights against the War on Drugs and for the rights of the prisoners incarcerated as the effect of that war. It publishes a bulletin called ''Razor Wire''. Tyro ...

Patients Out of Time Patients Out of Time (POT) is an American medical cannabis nonprofit organization and patients rights group, established in 1995. In 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in a case challenging the Drug Enforcem ...

* Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition * Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation * Society of Cannabis Clinicians *

Students for Sensible Drug Policy Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is an international nonprofit organization advocacy and education organization with focus on drug policy, war on drugs, marijuana legalization, psychedelics, juvenile justice and youth rights, drug decri ...

Transform Drug Policy Foundation Transform Drug Policy Foundation (Transform) is a registered non-profit charity based in the United Kingdom working in drug policy reform. As an independent think tank, Transform works to promote public health, social justice and human rights thro ...

Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access (VMCA), which was founded as Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access (VMMA) reflecting the pejorative word "marijuana", is an Elliston, Virginia-based non-profit service organization designed to assist American ...

Women Grow Women Grow is an organization founded in 2014 in Denver, Colorado focused on female leadership in the cannabis industry. The organization's primary goal is to turn legal cannabis into the first female-led, billion dollar industry. History The org ...

Political parties

Ale Yarok Ale Yarok ( he, עָלֶה יָרוֹק, , Green Leaf), is a Liberalism, liberal political party in Israel best known for its ideology of legalizing Cannabis (drug), cannabis. To date, it has had no representation in the Knesset. Ale Yarok has no ...

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP), also known as the Cannabis Party, is a political party in New Zealand. It is dedicated to removing or reducing restrictions on the use of cannabis and similar substances. Party history Cannabis in New ...

Australian Marijuana Party The Australian Marijuana Party was an independent Australian political party that operated in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It campaigned for the decriminalization legalization of marijuana. The party ran candidates in several state and federa ...

* Bloc pot *

British Columbia Marijuana Party The British Columbia Marijuana Party (abbreviated BCMP) was a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocated the legalisation of cannabis. The BCMP was formed following the 2000 federal election. Marc Emery, ...

Cannabis Party (Denmark) The Cannabis Party or The Hemp Party ( da, Hampepartiet) is a single issue, local political party in Denmark. The party stands for the legalisation of cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The ...

Cannabis Party (Spain) Cannabis Party, or Partido Cannabico refers in Spain to different initiatives of political party and political campaigning centered around Cannabis (drug), cannabis, hemp and drug policy proposals. According to researchers, Spain is the European co ...

CISTA A cista is a box or basket used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Etruscans and Romans for various practical and mystical purposes. Purpose and usage The ''cista'' or ''cistella'' was at first thought be a wicker basket used for holding fruits ...

Dagga Party Dagga Party, formally known as Iqela Lentsango: The Dagga Party of South Africa, is a South African political party founded in 2009 by Jeremy Acton, who remains the party's leader. "Dagga" is a South African colloquial term for cannabis, the leg ...

Freedom Party of Manitoba The Freedom Party of Manitoba, founded as the Libertarian Party of Manitoba, is a provincial List of political parties in Canada, political party in Manitoba, Canada, advocating Cannabis in Canada, cannabis legalization. History The party was crea ...

* Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party *

Grassroots Party The Grassroots Party was a political third party in the United States established in 1986 to oppose drug prohibition. The party shared many of the progressive values of the Farmer-Labor Party but with an emphasis on cannabis/hemp legalization is ...

Holocaust Survivors and Grown-Up Green Leaf Party The Holocaust Survivors & Grown-Up Green Leaf Party ( he, ניצולי השואה עם בוגרי עלה ירוק) was a political party in Israel, formed as an alliance of some members of Ale Yarok ("Green Leaf" in Hebrew) - a liberal political ...

* Independent Grassroots Party *

Legalise Cannabis Australia Legalise Cannabis Australia, formerly the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party, is an Australian political party. It has a number of policies that centre around the re-legalisation of cannabis for personal, medicinal and industrial uses i ...

* Legal Marijuana Now (United States) **

Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now Party Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now is a political third party in the U.S. state of Minnesota established in 1998 to oppose drug prohibition. Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now became a major party in Minnesota in 2018 when their candidate for State Audit ...

Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW Party Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW is a political third party in the U.S. state of Nebraska established in 2016 as the state affiliate of the Legal Marijuana Now Party. In 2022, Legal Marijuana NOW Party ran more candidates for Nebraska statewide offi ...

New Jersey Legalize Marijuana Party The Legalize Marijuana Party is a political third party in the U.S. state of New Jersey established in 1998 by Edward Forchion to protest cannabis prohibition. Gubernatorial candidates Forchion was nominated by petition to run for Governor of N ...

Marijuana Party (Canada) The Marijuana Party (french: Parti Marijuana) is a Canadian federal political party, whose agenda focuses on issues related to cannabis in Canada. Apart from this one issue, the party has no other official policies, meaning party candidates are ...

Marijuana Reform Party The Marijuana Reform Party (abbreviated MRP) was a progressive minor political party in the U.S. state of New York dedicated to the legalization of cannabis. Founded in 1997, the Marijuana Reform Party ran a candidate for Governor of New York ...

Saskatchewan Marijuana Party The Saskatchewan Marijuana Party was an organization based in Saskatchewan, Canada. History The Saskatchewan Marijuana Party was officially registered as a political party in Saskatchewan, Canada, on June 7, 2006. Since that time, the party has a ...

U.S. Marijuana Party The United States Marijuana Party (officially the U.S. Marijuana Party) is a Cannabis political parties, cannabis political party in the United States founded in 2002 by Loretta Nall specifically to end the war on drugs and to legalize Cannabis ( ...

Youth International Party The Youth International Party (YIP), whose members were commonly called Yippies, was an American youth-oriented radical and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the late 1960s. It was founded on ...

Festivals

Emerald Empire Hempfest Emerald Empire Hempfest is a cannabis festival in Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about ...

Freedom Rally The Boston Freedom Rally (often confused with Seattle's Hempfest) is an annual event in Boston, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Held on the third Saturday in September, it is traditionally the second largest annual gathering demanding marijuan ...

Global Marijuana March The Global Marijuana March (GMM), also referred to as the Million Marijuana March (MMM), is an annual rally held at different locations around the world on the first Saturday in May. A notable event in cannabis culture, it is associated with c ...

* Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival * Hanfparade *

Hash Bash Hash Bash is an annual event held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, originally held every April 1, but now on the first Saturday of April at noon on the University of Michigan Diag. A collection of speeches, live music, and occasional civil disobedience ar ...

John Sinclair Freedom Rally The John Sinclair Freedom Rally was a protest and concert in response to the imprisonment of John Sinclair for possession of marijuana held on December 10, 1971, in the Crisler Arena at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The event ...

MardiGrass MardiGrass is a cannabis law reform rally and festival held annually in the town of Nimbin, in north east New South Wales, Australia. History In March 1993, after a decade of raids and arrests, and a particularly intensive recent period of ...

* Missoula Hempfest *

Moscow Hemp Fest The Moscow Hemp Fest (sometimes Moscow Hempfest) is an annual cannabis event held in Moscow, Idaho. It began in 1996 as a part of the University of Idaho's Mom's Weekend. See also * Cannabis in Idaho Cannabis in Idaho is fully illegal for any us ...

* National Cannabis Festival *

Olympia Hempfest The Olympia Hempfest is an annual cannabis event in Olympia, Washington Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seatt ...

Portland Hempstalk Festival Portland's Hempstalk Festival is an annual event in Portland, Oregon advocating decriminalization of marijuana for medicinal, industrial, and recreational use. Founded in 2005, the festival often takes place the weekend after Labor Day and featur ...

Salem Hempfest Salem Hempfest, or Salem Hemp Fest, is a cannabis festival in Salem, Oregon Salem ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley ...

Seattle Hempfest Seattle Hempfest is an annual event in the city of Seattle, Washington (and the world's largest annual gathering) advocating the legalization of cannabis. Vivian McPeak serves as the organization's executive director. Founded in 1991 as the Was ...

Weedstock Weedstock was a cannabis rights music festival in the United States, originally held annually near Madison, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin from 1988 to 2001. The festival was initiated and organized by Yippie and cannabis activist Ben Masel, and w ...

* Weed the People

Churches

Church of Cognizance The Church of Cognizance (COC) was founded in 1991 by Danuel & Mary Quaintance in Graham County (Pima) Arizona, United States. Beginnings In 1994, the Quaintances recorded a 16-page "Declaration of Religious Sentiment" concretizing the establishme ...

* Church of the Universe *

Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church is a movement born in Jamaica in the 1950s by disciples of Marcus Garvey and was incorporated in Florida in 1975. It first established its organization in the United States in Star Island, Florida with a commune of ...

* First Church of Cannabis *

International Church of Cannabis The International Church of Cannabis is a religious organization in Denver that uses cannabis (drug), cannabis as a sacrament. Members claim the use of cannabis helps elevate people to a higher understanding of self. The chapel headquarters, a c ...

THC Ministry The THC Ministry, founded by Roger Christie from the Religion of Jesus Church, is a religion which considers cannabis to be a sacrament. Members base their practices on what they see as an eclectic mixture of ancient wisdom, modern science, and ...

Museums

Cannabis Museum (Japan) The is a private museum located in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Founded in December 2001 by Japanese hemp rights advocate Junichi Takayasu, it is the sole museum devoted to the history and cultivation of cannabis in Japan. History The Can ...

Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum The Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum is a museum located in De Wallen, Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the museum, more than two million visitors have visited the exhibition since it opened in 1985. Dedicated to cannabis and its many uses, the m ...

* Hemp Museum (Berlin) * Hemp Museum Gallery * Montevideo Cannabis Museum *

Whakamana Cannabis Museum Whakamana, or The New Zealand Institute for Cannabis Education, Research and Development is New Zealand's first museum dedicated to the history of cannabis (drug), cannabis use and culture.List of anti-cannabis organizations * List of cannabis companies *

List of cannabis rights leaders Following is a list of cannabis rights leaders, and activists in the cannabis legalization movement, including business leaders and celebrities who advocate for ending cannabis Prohibition of drugs, prohibition: Cannabis rights leaders ''Cann ...

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Cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...