Great Western Forum

Author and activist Jack Herer died Thursday in Eugene, Ore. The 70-year-old activist was in ill health following a heart attack he experienced after leaving the Hempstalk festival stage in Portland last fall.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/04/author-and-hemp-activist-jack-herer-has-died.html

So sad.

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In short,it was pioneers like this that enabled us here in Massachusetts to finally de-criminalize marijuana and make under an ounce a civil infraction. He was a good soldier for the cause. RIP