Steve DeAngelo
American cannibis rights activist
Steve DeAngelo (born June 12, 1958) is an American activist and advocate for the cannabis reform in the United States.
Career
Steve DeAngelo is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Harborside Inc., a medical cannabis dispensary operator publicly listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Founded in 2006 as a non-profit medical cannabis dispensary, Harborside Health Center served over 300,000 registered patients by 2019.
He co-founded Steep Hill, Inc., one of the earliest commercial cannabis testing laboratories in the United States, and Arcview Group, an investment network focused on the cannabis industry. DeAngelo formerly served Arcview as vice president.
Harborside was the subject of Weed Wars, a reality series which aired on the Discovery Channel.
DeAngelo is the author of The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness.
Last Prisoner Project
In 2019, together with Dean Raise and his brother Andrew DeAngelo, he co-founded the Last Prisoner Project, a nonprofit organization advocating for the release and support of individuals incarcerated for cannabis offenses.
Activism
During his teenage years, DeAngelo attended anti-war demonstrations and later left high school to join the Youth International Party (Yippies). He served for ten years as lead organizer of Washington, D.C.’s annual Fourth of July Smoke-In.
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