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Sad day for the tokers, Jack Herer, who was a leader in weeder movement has died. The 70-year-old, who dedicated his life to the right to light up, had a long illness after a heart attack last year. Though he ended up in a health-care facility that didn’t allow the use of medical marijuana, his lifestyle did not go up in smoke: Supporters took up a collection to move him to a rented joint where he could puff in peace. Pop the hood for details.
Jack Herer, the father of the marijuana legalization movement for whom a strain of cannabis is named, died Thursday in Eugene, Ore. after suffering a long illness related to a 2009 heart attack. He was 70 years old.
Herer was an outspoken and committed activist who dedicated his life to decriminalizing marijuana, even going so far as to run for president twice as a member of the Grassroots Party. He is the author of the books Grass and The Emperor Wears No Clothes Herer suffered a debilitating heart attack in 2000 that left him with impaired speech and partial immobility on the right side of his body. He recovered after a treatment regimen that supposedly included psychoactive mushrooms. He suffered another heart attack in September 2009 while backstage at the Hempstalk Festival in Portland and was hospitalized for nearly a month. When he was discharged, the medical facility where he was sent to recover did not allow the medical use of marijuana, so several supporters donated money to allow him to live out his days in a rented home in Eugene. His wife Jeannie was at his side when he passed away yesterday.
R.I.P., Puff Daddy.
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