Robert Platshorn

Robert Platshorn is the HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter of the Year for 2014! Robert Platshorn is the author of Black Tuna Diaries. He is America’s longest (30 years) imprisoned non-violent marijuana offender. Raised on South St. in downtown Philadelphia, acting ambitions earned him a supporting role in a successful off Read more…

Mason Tvert

Mason Tvert

At the 25th High Times Cannabis Cup, Mason Tvertย  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…

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…

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…