2. Steve DeAngelo
- Company: Harborside Health Centre
- Website: https://www.shopharborside.com/
Steve DeAngelo is a well-known name when it comes to the Cannabis industry. Appearing in Discovery’s series ‘Weed Wars’ and author of the book The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm For Wellness. He has also been an outspoken activist for over 40 years prior to the legalisation of cannabis in the US.
DeAngelo co-founded Harborside Health Centre in 2006, and has been expanding into traditional retail outlets and social use clubs. The company was one of the first cannabis retailers in the US to demand rigorous testing for all products for impurities and pesticides.
“Thousands of activists — including everyone who has ever worked at Harborside or supported our efforts—have worked for decades, with tremendous courage and determination, to end Prohibition and its many injustices,” explains DeAngelo. “My heart overflows with gratitude to every single one of them that I am alive to see this good day. We fought for it, we won it, and now we will claim the full fruits of our victory.”
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