Irvin Dana Beal (born January 9, 1947 in

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) is an American social and

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, best known for his efforts to

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marijuana Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various tra ...

and to promote the benefits of

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as an addiction treatment. He is a founder and long-term activist in the

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 ...

(Yippies), and founded the ''Yipster Times'' newspaper in 1972. (article about Dana Beal)"F.Y.I."
By Daniel B. Schneider. May 21, 2000. ''

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.''"Neighborhood Report: Greenwich Village; House of Yippies: Chicago Convention A Recurring Dream"
By Michael Cooper. April 7, 1996. ''The New York Times.'' The ''Yipster Times'' was renamed ''Overthrow '' in 1978, and ended publication in 1989.

History and activism

Beal was born in

, in 1947. In August 1963, he hitch-hiked to Washington, D.C. to attend the

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and heard

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's "

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" speech. In October 1963, Beal organized a demonstration of 2000 people to protest the

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16th Street Baptist Church bombing The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynam ...

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.''The Ibogaine Story: Report on the Staten Island Project.'

1997 book by Paul De Rienzo, Dana Beal, and Project Members. Publisher:

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. . The full text is online:. The text can also be searched online here

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1570270295]. Chapter 4 is titled "Dana Beal" and is a biography of him. In 1971, ''

'' referred to Beal as a "major theoretician and behind‐the‐scenes leader of the underground youth movement.":

Beal was described in interviews as a founder of several radical youth groups, including the
Yippies 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 De ...
, and as organizer of many "pro‐pot" demonstrations, such as the second annual smoke‐in and anti‐C.I.A. heroin march held in Washington July 4. His friends and associates identified Beal, who does not use his first name, Irvin, as one of the first movement writers to argue for a merger of political radicalism and the psychedelic life style ...
Abbie Hoffman Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponen ...
and
Jerry Rubin Jerry Clyde Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and 1970s. During the 1980s, he became a successful businessman. He is known for being one of the ...
, Yippie leaders who garnered national attention during the 1968 Democratic convention demonstrations, agreed in separate telephone interviews that Beal was an important figure in the movement. "He is a unique blend of a street person and a theoretician," said Mr. Hoffman. "His writings are far more important and impressive than people like me and Jerry Rubin." Mr. Rubin said Beal's writings "were a strong force in helping us understand who we are." ... Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Rubin said Beal's most important works were "Right on Culture Freaks" and "Weather Yippie," which were rèprinted in more than 100 underground newspapers in this country and abroad. The articles called for more militancy on the part of young radicals but criticized what Beal saw as the élitism and lack of humanity in the more violent radical groups.

Dana Beal also helped organize some of the U.S. versions of the "

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" concerts.

Global Marijuana March

The worldwide Global Million Marijuana March (GMM or MMM) event began in 1999 with Beal as the major organizer. It occurs on the first Saturday of May every year, and now takes place in hundreds of cities around the world in addition to New York City, which has had various marijuana rallies since 1967. Beal has a long history of marijuana activism both inside and outside of New York City, and has often been called "The Lenin of the Marijuana Movement". In July 1972 in

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Beal was one of the organizers of a

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-led marijuana smoke-in outside the 1972 Democratic Convention.

Ibogaine

Beal has promoted

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as an addiction interrupter. Beal asserts that addiction is a disease that can be treated with ibogaine."Ibogaine: A Novel Anti-Addictive Compound. A Comprehensive Literature Review"
by Jonathan Freedlander. ''Journal of Drug Education and Awareness,'' 2003; 1:79-98. Beal helped to organize the Boston Ibogaine forum held in February 2009 at

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. During the forum, he gave a presentation on the chemistry and pharmacology of ibogaine. Beal also participated in the Ibogaine Forum held at the

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, New Zealand, on 5 and 6 September 2009, as well as a similar information-session in the Netherlands in 2017. Beal also helped to organize the European Ibogaine Forum, September 2017 in Vienna.

Social engagement

Beal's "Cures Not Wars" site included information on the

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and the use of

in addiction treatment.. Dana Beal website. He also works on behalf of people with

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and

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who frequently require

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. Dana Beal was given an Honorary Board Seat on the 'New York State Committee To Legalize Marijuana' on 4/20/2015 by

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, the HIV+ African American President. In 2015, prompted by New York's Compassionate Care Act, Beal organized a patients' rights group, which drafted a bill requesting that NYC's City Council administer users' cooperatives for patients who need medical marijuana:

"We're trying to set up a five-borough patients co-op for people with serious maladies, including ones that aren't on the state list," says Dana Beal, a longtime cannabis activist and one of about ten contributors to the bill. "The law and the regulations don't cover people who are lsolegitimate patients. We believe that under home rule, we can extend better availability and better prices to more people.

During the

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-campaign, Beal organized a demonstration in

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in which pro-cannabis activists carried a 51-foot, inflatable marijuana joint to a

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rally, while also passing around "an open letter to Hillary Clinton" asking her to remove cannabis from the

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Yippie Museum

In 2004, the infamous

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"headquarters" at #9

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in New York City (also Beal's home for decades) officially became the Yippie Museum and Cafe and was legally chartered by the Board of Regents of New York State at their March 21, 2006 meeting. Its stated purpose was to preserve the activities and artifacts of the

. Beal served on the museum/cafe's Board of Directors. In January 2014, the 9 Bleecker Street building went into foreclosure. The old Yippie building was cleaned out and is now a

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club called "Overthrow".

2000s-2010s arrests

Illinois (2008)

Beal was

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June 3, 2008 in

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about 170 miles south of

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on suspicion of

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."Illinois: Yippie Leader Faces Charges"
By Colin Moynihan. June 10, 2008. ''The New York Times.'' The

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reported that he appeared before a judge on June 12, and was charged with

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. He was released on $7,500

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."New York medical pot advocate leaves Illinois jail on bail"
. By the

. June 12, 2008. ''

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.'' According to ''The New York Times'', police responded to a report of two women arguing at a restaurant. The 2 women were traveling with Beal and another man. Mick McAvoy is the first assistant

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for

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. According to the Times, "Mr. McAvoy said witnesses told the police that Mr. Beal had placed bags beneath nearby vehicles. Mr. McAvoy said the police found two duffel bags containing more than $150,000 in cash. At that point, Mr. McAvoy said, a drug-sniffing dog was brought in to smell the bags." According to Beal's attorney, Ronald Tulin of

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, the police said the money smelled of marijuana."A Yippie Veteran Is in Jail Far From the East Village"
By Colin Moynihan. June 11, 2008. ''The New York Times.'' Beal has always said that the money was en route to support an ibogaine-based drug treatment clinic in

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. On August 6, 2008 Judge Richard Scott found

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for a

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for Irvin Dana Beal, 61, of

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and Jesse Balcom, 31, of Silver Spring,

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. The trial began in November 2008 on

charges, because it was alleged that Beal and his associate were hiding the bags of money in expectation that the police might search their van. The outcome of the trial was that Beal pleaded guilty to misdemeanor marijuana possession and was fined $1,300. Obstruction of justice charges were dismissed. Federal authorities are seeking forfeiture of the money involved.

Nebraska (2009)

Dana Beal, Christopher Ryan, and James Statzer were arrested at 10:35 p.m. on September 30, 2009 in

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. Police claim that they were stopped because the conversion van they were in was driving erratically, and because the rear license plate was obstructed. Police allegedly found 150 pounds of marijuana in the van. All 3 face charges of possession with intent to deliver and having no drug tax stamp. Ryan and Statzer were held on $100,000 bond each. Beal was held on $500,000

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. According to the ''

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'', Saunders County Attorney Scott Tingelhoff said that there was an effort on the web to raise Beal's bail. He had to raise 10 percent ($50,000) in order to be released. Beal was represented in his case by Glenn Shapiro of the law firm Schaefer and Shapiro in

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2011 arrest and conviction in Wisconsin

Dana Beal was arrested on Jan. 6, 2011 with 186 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in

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. He and driver Lance Ramer of

were held on $50,000 bond each in the Iowa County Jail in Dodgeville. Authorities won't release the police report because Federal officials say it might compromise a national drug investigation which runs "from California to New York, with multiple locations."Counter-culture 'yippie' with Madison ties in jail on pot charges in Iowa County
By Todd Finkelmeyer. ''

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'', Jan. 14, 2011. On September 20, 2011 Dana Beal was sentenced to years in prison. He was credited with 267 days already served for the time he was in jail. He was also sentenced to years parole after getting out of prison.Beal gets prison, extended supervision
By J. Patrick Reilly. September 22, 2011. '' The Dodgeville Chronicle''.Free Dana Beal, Free Ourselves

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group.

2011 heart attack and re-sentencing in Wisconsin

On September 27, 2011, the day he was to be transferred to a state prison in

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, Beal suffered a

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. He had a double bypass operation a week later. Due to the health issues and costs Beal was released on

while in the hospital. He was re-sentenced on December 29. His prison sentence was reduced by six months.Activist Dana Beal Sentenced, Suffers Heart Attack

By Phillip Smith. September 28, 2011. ''Hawai'i News Daily''.Iowa County frees jailed former 'yippie' rather than pay his medical expenses
By Todd Finkelmeyer. December 3, 2011. ''

''.Beal to be resentenced in Iowa County
By Todd Finkelmeyer. December 12, 2011. ''

''. Beal turned himself in to the Wisconsin prison system on February 15, 2012 to begin serving his sentence. One week later he had another, minor, heart attack. The next day a stent was placed in a coronary artery.

2012 bench trial and sentencing in Nebraska

On April 20, 2012 Beal was moved to the Saunders County jail in

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, where he had a bench trial later that year, on August 27 related to the 2009 arrest. On December 10, 2012, Judge Mary Gilbride sentenced Beal to 4 to 6 years in prison in Nebraska. An appeal was filed. On 26 December 2012 Dana was moved from Nebraska back to Fox Lake Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.

2017 arrest in California

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'' account of the arrest of cannabis activist Dana Beal in December, 2017: Beal and Statzer both entered pleas of not guilty. Beal was later released on bail. His lawyer had successfully argued that given age and health issues, he was not a flight risk. Statzer was also released on bail.

Advocacy of Cynthia Nixon

In Spring 2018, Dana Beal supported New York gubernatorial candidate

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, who spoke at the yearly New York City Cannabis parade in support of legalization.

Joints for Jabs

In Spring 2021, Beal organized "Joints for Jabs NYC" in

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, encouraging

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against

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n
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, volunteers organized by Mr. Beal, members of the group
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and others handed out more than a thousand joints to people who could show that they were at least 21 and had received a Covid vaccine. A similar distribution is planned for May 1 to coincide with an annual May Day marijuana march held in Manhattan.

References

External links

''Dana Beal Liberation Poster'' -- Poster advocating Dana Beal's freedom : "As long as he sits, youth culture sits! free dana, free marijuana!"

poster, Madison, WI - 1971 -

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.
CannabisNews.com archive of media articles mentioning Dana Beal.

''High Times'' interview: Dana Beal by David Oliver (June 1977)''July 4th Smoke-In at Washington DC'' (1977)
The Annual July 4 Smoke-In at Washington DC - film by

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and the

s - 26 minutes. (prominently features Dana Beal.)
Dana Beal on Ibogaine Clinics, and his 2008 arrest

Dana Beal Interview by Saira Viola - ''International Times'' - 25 August 2016
(also contains small archive of Beal's activism : photos, posters, etc.)
Steal This Story : ''Hostage on Bleecker Street'' by Sidd Joag (May 5 2016)
An account of a robbery at NY

HQ in 2005 and its eventual aftermath; Dana Beal is central to the story.
''Longtime Marijuana Activist Dana Beal Arrested In California's Emerald Triangl''e

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Sacramento - December 20, 2017
''New York Times'' Salutes Dana Beal
'' O'Shaughnessy’s'' Online - May 2021
''Pols for pot: At cannabis rally victory lap, politicians pay respect to hippies who were there first''
by Paul DeRienzo/''The Village Sun'' - May 2, 2021 {{DEFAULTSORT:Beal, Dana American cannabis activists Living people 1947 births Yippies Ibogaine activists People from Ravenna, Ohio Activists from Ohio American political writers American political philosophers Crimes in Humboldt County, California Cannabis writers