He Fought for Decades to Make Marijuana Legal. Now What?
Dana Beal, a longtime Yippie, staged protests and fought the law and spent time in jail to make weed available for all. Is there a future in pot activism?
Dana Beal in Union Square in Manhattan on April 20, where he helped give away more than 1,000 joints.Credit.Julia Gillard for The New York Times
Published April 29, 2021Updated May 6, 2021
Dana Beal stood in Union Square Park explaining the provenance of the pot being given away to a crowd of expectant people who were gathering near a bronze statue of George Washington astride a horse.