Pot advocate arrested
Posted June 10, 2008 11:00 pm
A longtime New York City advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana and a veteran of the Youth International Party -- or Yippies -- is accused of money laundering.
Prosecutors in Coles County in south-central Illinois say Dana Beal was arrested last week in Mattoon, about 45 miles south of Champaign.
Prosecutors say police found the 61-year-old transporting bags with more than $150,000 in cash.
Beal is being held on $250,000 bail. Fellow Yippie A.J. Weberman says Beal told friends he was traveling with the cash because he intended to finance a clinic to study ibogaine. That's a chemical that can be used to counter addiction.