Weedstock was a

cannabis rights Cannabis rights or marijuana rights (sometimes more specifically cannabis consumer rights or stoner rights) are individual Civil rights, civil and human rights that vary by jurisdiction. The rights of people who consume Cannabis (drug), cannabis ...

music festival in the United States, originally held annually near

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, Wisconsin from 1988 to 2001. The festival was initiated and organized by Yippie and cannabis activist

Ben Masel Bennett A. “Ben” Masel (October 17, 1954 – April 30, 2011) was an American writer, publisher, cannabis rights and free speech activist, expert witness for marijuana defendants, and frequent candidate for public office. A skilled chess playe ...

, and was held for fourteen years despite repeated incidents of attempted police interference. Weedstock was reintroduced as an annual music festival in Delaware. The event, held every year since 2017, is sponsored by DE NORML, the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. 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.

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