Richard Lee

Richard Lee

At the 19th High Times Cannabis Cup, Richard Lee received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 2006. Richard Lee is a leader with Tax Cannabis 2010. He is also executive director of Oaksterdam University, “a major medical marijuana dispensary and advocacy group” based in Oakland. Lee founded the Bulldog Read more…

Rodger Belknap

At the 4th High Times Cannabis Cup, Rodger Belknap received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 1991. The High Times Freedom Fighters was a marijuana legalization group started in 1987. They injected life into the legalization movement, forged a new generation of activists, and created a number of events Read more…

Gideon Israel

At the 12th High Times Cannabis Cup, Gideon Israel received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 1999. Gideon Israel, is a marijuana law reform advocate who has been holding public gatherings at Rainbow Valley, his 42-acre property, every year for more than a decade. The High Times Freedom Fighters Read more…

Elvy Musikka

Elvy Musikka

At the 5th High Times Cannabis Cup, Elvy Musikka received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 1992.   Elvy Musikka, born August 10, 1939, is a medical marijuana activist. Musikka is one of four surviving patients enrolled in the federal Compassionate Investigatory New Drug program, and getting marijuana from Read more…

Tommy Chong

Tommy Chong

At the 20th High Times Cannabis Cup, Tommy Chong received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 2007. Thomas B. Kin “Tommy” Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, director, activist, and musician. He is well known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy movies with Read more…

Keith Stroup

Keith Stroup

At the 13th High Times Cannabis Cup, Keith Stroup received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 2000. Keith Stroup is an attorney and founder of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. The High Times Freedom Fighters was a marijuana legalization group started in 1987. They injected Read more…

Gatewood Galbraith

Gatewood Galbraith

During the 6th High Times Cannabis Cup, Gatewood Galbraith received the Freedom Fighter Of The Year Award 1993.  Louis Gatewood Galbraith (January 23, 1947 – January 4, 2012) was an American author and lawyer from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He was a five-time candidate for governor of Kentucky, an Read more…