Who is Steve DeAngelo?
Name: Stephen ‘Steve’ DeAngelo
Nationality: American
Born: 12 June 1958, in Philadelphia, USA.
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Biography
Steve DeAngelo is a cannabis activist and writer.
DeAngelo was raised in Washington, DC – his father was a political activist and Peace Corps veteran who served in the John F Kennedy administration. This activist environment led him to involvement in the Youth International party (the ‘Yippies’): he dropped out of school at sixteen and found a path in the counter-culture, as well as a lifelong love of cannabis. As well as activist events such as the Washington ’Smoke-Ins’, he became involved in the music industry and a concert promoter, nightclub manager and record producer. He renovated two movie theatres in the early 1970’s, converting them to live music venues. He returned to education, gaining a Summa Cum Laude degree at the University of Maryland, then going on to found the legendary Nuthouse, which became a refuge for cannabis activists such as Wavy Gravy (see entry).
It was at the Nuthouse where he first read Jack Herer’s The Emperor Wears No…