The Independent Grassroots Party was a moderate, democratic socialist political third party in the U.S. state of Minnesota created in 1996 to oppose drug prohibition.

[2] Some political scholars have speculated that Minnesota's marijuana political parties are responsible for the state DFL Party embracing cannabis legalization two decades later.

[3] The Youth International Party, formed in 1967 to advance the counterculture of the 1960s, often ran candidates for public office.

The Yippie flag is a five-pointed star superimposed with a cannabis leaf.

[7] Dan Vacek was the Independent Grassroots candidate for United States Representative (Minnesota District 4).