Pot activist Dana Beal pled guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge and paid a $1,300 fine in Illinois on May 20, 2009. The court dropped a felony obstructing justice charge, but refused to return $150,000 confiscated from the Yippie last June.

Beal, who is based in New York, was busted in Mattoon, Illinois on June 3, 2008 after an argument broke out among his friends who were eating in the Steak N' Shake restaurant. Beal had a small quantity of marijuana and a large quantity of cash.

Beal's organization Cures Not Wars runs the Worldwide Marijuana March. He's among the original members of the Youth International Party (YIPPIE) founded in 1967 by Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Paul Krassner and several others. Beal operates The Yipppie Cafe at 9 Bleecker St. in New York.

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