Medical Marijuana Benefit - New York 2006
Nearly 300 MPP supporters attended MPP's awards gala in New York City on June 12, 2006. The event honored U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) with MPP's Legislative Leadership award, as well as MS patient — and first Rhode Island legal medical marijuana patient — Rhonda O'Donnell with MPP's Activist of the Year award.
The evening featured entertainment by national touring act Medeski Martin and Wood, Jackie "the Jokeman" Martling, and radio personality Jim Hightower, among others.
Nearly 300 guests enjoyed dinner, auctions, live music, and dancing at MPP's Awards Gala at Capitale in New York City.
Medical marijuana proponent Montel Williams congratulates MPP's Activist of the Year, Rhonda O'Donnell.
MPP's Jordan Yanoshik encourages MTV News' Kurt Loder to bid on a silent auction item.
High Times editor Rick Cusick auctions off an empty canister of medical marijuana cigarettes. Every month, five seriously ill patients in the United States receive a canister like this, filled with 300 marijuana cigarettes, from the federal government.
From left to right, MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia,
philanthropist Peter Lewis, and Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY).
National touring act Medeski Martin and Wood entertained the crowd with a set that turned the ballroom into a dance floor.
"Geraldo at Large" interviews MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) accepts MPP's Legislative Leadership Award.
This original "Doonesbury" cartoon by Garry Trudeau was the most popular auction item of the night.
New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau poses with MPP's Rob Kampia.
Posing with MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia are radio personality Jim Hightower (left) and Jackie "the Jokeman" Martling (right), who emceed the evening's festivities.
