In 2009 Dr. Hans-Georg Behr received the Cannabis Culture Award. Dr. Hans-Georg Behr ( 1937 – 7 juli 2010) was a German psychiatrist, Green Party parliamentarian, history professor (University of Vienna) and owner of the world’s largest collection of antique cannabis smoking pipes. After his studies in Medicine, Clinical Psychology Read more…
In 2009 Dries van Agt received the Cannabis Culture Award. Dries van Agt was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands during three consecutive governments from 1977 to 1982 after becoming the first leader of the CDA (Christian Democratic Alliance). A controversial and charismatic politician, he was responsible for the tolerance Read more…
At the 24th High Times Cannabis Cup Henk van Dalen was the first recipient of the Dutch Masters Award 2011. This is an award given by High Times to those who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the cannabis community. It was in 1973 that Henk Van Dalen, founder Read more…
At the 25th High Times Cannabis Cup Nol Van Schaik received the Dutch Masters Award 2012. This is an award given by High Times to those who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the cannabis community. Nol van Schaik is the founder and owner of the Willie Wortel coffeeshops Read more…
At the 25th High Times Cannabis Cup Wernard Bruining received the Dutch Masters Award 2012. This is an award given by High Times to those who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the cannabis community. Wernard Bruining opened the first coffeeshop in Amsterdam, Mellow Yellow in 1973. He introduced Read more…
Steven Hager has inducted himself in the Counterculture Hall Of Fame in 2012, during the 25th High Times Cannabis Cup. The Counterculture Hall of Fame was created in 1997 by High Times Editor Steven Hager. The purpose of the Hall of Fame was to help focus ceremonies at the annual Read more…
At the 25th High Times Cannabis Cup, Mason Tvert received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 2012. Mason Tvert is co-founder and executive director of Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) and coauthor of Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People To Drink? He coordinated the successful Read more…
At the 18th High Times Cannabis Cup, Alex White Plume received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 2005. Alex White Plume (born 1952) is the former Vice-President and Tribal President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, located in South Dakota of the United States. After Read more…
At the 17th High Times Cannabis Cup, Eddy Lepp received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 2004.Eddy Lepp, Rastafarian minister and Vietnam War veteran was choosen as Freedom Fighter because of his involvement in medical marijuana. In August 2004 the infamous Lepp raid took place. Following seizure of over Read more…
At the 16th High Times Cannabis Cup, Valerie and Mike Corral received the Freedom Fighter of the Year Award 2003. Valerie and Mike Corral co-founded WAMM (the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana). Their aim was to educate the general public about the medical usefulness of marijuana, and to ensure that Read more…
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