20th Annual Boston Freedom Rally Speaker Profiles: Keith Stroup, NORML

Mr. Keith Stroup is a Washington, DC public-interest attorney who founded NORML in 1970. Stroup obtained his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Illinois in 1965, and in 1968 he graduated from Georgetown Law School in Washington, DC. Following two years as staff counsel for the National Commission on Product Safety, Mr. Stroup founded NORML and ran the organization through 1979, during which 11 states decriminalized minor marijuana offenses.

Stroup has also practiced criminal law, lobbied on Capitol Hill for family farmers and artists, and for several years served as executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).

In 1992 Stroup was the recipient of the Richard J. Dennis Drugpeace Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Drug Policy Reform presented by the Drug Policy Foundation, Washington, DC. In 1994 Stroup resumed his work with NORML, rejoining the board of directors and serving again as Executive Director through 2004. He is currently serving as Legal Counsel with NORML.

Mr. Stroup has appeared on numerous television shows such as The O'Reilly Factor, Crossfire, Buchanan and Press, and Hannity and Colmes.
Keith was arrested, along with Rick Cusick, at the 2007 Boston Freedom Rally for smoking a joint behind the High Times tent on the Boston Common.


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Friday Night, 9/18/2009
MikeCann.net Presents:
MassCann/NORML Awards Freedom Rally Pre-Party
Middle East UpStairs, Cambridge, MA, With Keep Me Conscious, Casey Desmond, Final Hour, The ProblemAddicts, and more TBA, 18+ With HIGH TIMES, MarijuanaRadio.com, Toby "TigerHeart" Grear, and the founder of NORML, Keith Stroup.

Sat. 9/19/2009
20th Annual MassCann/NORML Boston Freedom Rally
High Noon, Boston Common with Big Shug, Termanology, Graveyard BBQ, Prospect Hill, Thunder Brothers, DJ Slim, The Organ Beats, The Luxury, The Force, Keep Me Conscious, Neurological Damage, Matalon, and more TBA.



Link to Termanology video "How We Rock"

This Year on two stages!

Some of the Confirmed Speakers:
Toby "TigerHeart" Grear (Sponsored by MediCann)
Bobby Black (High Times)
Steve Bloom (celebstoner.com)
Rick Cusick (High Times)
Mike Cann (MikeCann.net, MassCann/NORML)
Jimi Devine (MC/N, Students for Sensible Drug Policy)
Georgine DiMaria (2006 Miss NJ USA)
Bill Downing (MC/N)
Steve Epstein (MC/N)
Scott Gacek (MC/N)
Chris Goldstein (Created NORML Audiostash)
Phil Greazzo (NHORML)
Jon Napoli (Hempest)
Keith Saunders (MC/N)
Keith Stroup (NORML)
Russ Belville (NORML Audiostash)
Paul (MarijuanaRadio.com)
Danny Danko (HIGH TIMES)


HIGH TIMES video from last year's Rally