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'''Alec Zammitt''' (born 15 February 1994), known professionally as Craze, is an Australian artist, activist, demolition derby driver and content creator, with a history of publicity stunts & corporate activations. He is the lead member and founder of the [[Craze collective|Craze Collective]] and [[420 (cannabis culture)]] protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-01-23 |title=Australian Activists Face Charges for 4/20 Sydney Opera House Projection Protest |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-activists-face-charges-for-4-20-sydney-opera-house-projection-protest/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Alec Zammitt''' (born 15 February 1994), known professionally as Craze, is an Australian artist, activist, demolition derby driver and content creator, with a history of publicity stunts and corporate activations. He is the lead member and founder of the [[Craze collective|Craze Collective]] and [[420 (cannabis culture)]] protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?'<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™ |url=https://www.maxim.com.au/archives/16366 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=MAXIM Australia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-01-23 |title=Australian Activists Face Charges for 4/20 Sydney Opera House Projection Protest |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-activists-face-charges-for-4-20-sydney-opera-house-projection-protest/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref>


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== Film & Television<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™ |url=https://www.maxim.com.au/archives/16366 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=MAXIM Australia |language=en-US}}</ref> ==
Props made by Alec have been featured in many film and television productions.

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== Film & Television <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™ |url=https://www.maxim.com.au/archives/16366 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=MAXIM Australia |language=en-US}}</ref> ==
[[File:Craze_From_Craze_Collective_arranging_prop_cannabis_plants_for_pr_protest_stunt.jpg|thumb|Alec arranging film & television prop cannabis plants]]
[[File:Craze_From_Craze_Collective_arranging_prop_cannabis_plants_for_pr_protest_stunt.jpg|thumb|Alec arranging film & television prop cannabis plants]]


====== Alec is credited for work on the below productions. ======
====== Alec is credited as an actor and in the art department for ======
- 2023 High Country [[Foxtel]] Television Series
- 2023 Human Error
- 2023 Human Error Television Series
- 2023 Local Council - By the makers of Fat Pizza & Housos
- 2023 [[Apples Never Fall]]
- 2023 Wizards! featuring [[Pete Davidson]] & [[Orlando Bloom]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Editorial |date=2022-07-25 |title=A VERY buff Orlando Bloom leaves the set of new movie Wizards! with Pete Davidson in Cairns |url=https://crazeboard.com/a-very-buff-orlando-bloom-leaves-the-set-of-new-movie-wizards-with-pete-davidson-in-cairns/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Craze Board |language=en-US}}</ref>
- 2023 Wizards! featuring [[Pete Davidson]] & [[Orlando Bloom]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Editorial |date=2022-07-25 |title=A VERY buff Orlando Bloom leaves the set of new movie Wizards! with Pete Davidson in Cairns |url=https://crazeboard.com/a-very-buff-orlando-bloom-leaves-the-set-of-new-movie-wizards-with-pete-davidson-in-cairns/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Craze Board |language=en-US}}</ref>
- 2022 [[Housos]]: The Thong Warrior (TV Series) (props)
- 2022 [[Housos]]: The Thong Warrior (TV Series) (props)
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- 2009 [[Bran Nue Dae (film)|Bran Nue Dae]] (props)
- 2009 [[Bran Nue Dae (film)|Bran Nue Dae]] (props)


== Activism ==
== Activism <ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-01-23 |title=Australian Activists Face Charges for 4/20 Sydney Opera House Projection Protest |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-activists-face-charges-for-4-20-sydney-opera-house-projection-protest/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-31 |title=Green dawn: Advocates hope ACT's cannabis laws pave way for open market |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6608417/green-dawn-advocates-hope-acts-cannabis-laws-pave-way-for-open-market/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=The Canberra Times |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Leading protagonists held by police in fight to protect cannabis patients. |url=https://news.yahoo.com/leading-protagonists-held-police-fight-123000922.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=news.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}</ref> ==
Zammitt is the founding member of [[420 (cannabis culture)]] protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?'


====== Who Are We Hurting? [[420 (cannabis culture)|420]] Stunts ======
====== Who Are We Hurting? [[420 (cannabis culture)|420]] Stunts<ref>{{Cite web |title=This 420 hydroponic weed shopfront is all substance, no actual drugs |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/420-hydroponic-weed-shopfront-substance-062445251.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/marijuana-plants-hidden-plain-sight-022156335.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}</ref> ======


====== [[Cannabis in Australia|Australia]] ======
====== [[Cannabis in Australia|Australia]] ======


* On 20 April 2023 the Who Are We Hurting? Army commandeered a motorcade of military vehicles to launch operation 'Driving with THC, shouldn't make you an enemy' in company of Legalise Cannabis NSW Member of Parliament [[Jeremy Buckingham]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Activists launch huge protest against Australia's 'failures on the war on drugs' |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/activists-launch-protest-against-australias-failures-on-war-on-drugs-383004-20230419 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=LADbible |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-04-24 |title=Australian Cannabis Activists Protest THC Ban for Drivers |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-cannabis-activists-protest-thc-ban-for-drivers/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Steve |date=2023-04-19 |title='We're not the enemy' - activists roll through Sydney in a tank to highlight drug-driving inequality |url=https://www.cannabiz.com.au/were-not-the-enemy-activists-roll-through-sydney-in-a-tank-to-highlight-drug-driving-inequality/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Cannabiz |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2023 the Who Are We Hurting? Army commandeered a motorcade of military vehicles to launch operation 'Driving with THC, shouldn't make you an enemy' in company of Legalise Cannabis NSW Member of Parliament [[Jeremy Buckingham]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Activists launch huge protest against Australia's 'failures on the war on drugs' |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/activists-launch-protest-against-australias-failures-on-war-on-drugs-383004-20230419 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=LADbible |date=20 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrington |first=A. J. |date=2023-04-24 |title=Australian Cannabis Activists Protest THC Ban for Drivers |url=https://hightimes.com/activism/australian-cannabis-activists-protest-thc-ban-for-drivers/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=High Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Steve |date=2023-04-19 |title='We're not the enemy' - activists roll through Sydney in a tank to highlight drug-driving inequality |url=https://www.cannabiz.com.au/were-not-the-enemy-activists-roll-through-sydney-in-a-tank-to-highlight-drug-driving-inequality/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Cannabiz |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2022 activists from "Who Are We Hurting?" projected dancing cannabis leafs on Australian Landmarks - [[Sydney Opera House]] & [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tonkin |first=Shannon |date=30 June 2022 |title='King of cannabis' fights charge over Opera House laser beam stunt |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nsw/king-of-cannabis-fights-charge-over-opera-house-laser-beam-stunt/news-story/d1584ce5ec738c6293c091734c940ae6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Leading protagonists held by police in fight to protect cannabis patients. |work=Yahoo News |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/leading-protagonists-held-police-fight-123000922.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=4/20 activists illuminate Opera House & Harbour Bridge with cannabis art |work=The Brag |url=https://thebrag.com/4-20-activists-sydney-landmarks/}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=420 Activists shine light on outstanding issues via Australian landmarks |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CBg4isx24&list=PLbhFvCYjKk0d9FQTbFVTW4vIVz_2eJZsA&index=3 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Colourful 'kings of cannabis' fight charge over 420 Opera House stunt - The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfFPj1b17kU&list=PLbhFvCYjKk0d9FQTbFVTW4vIVz_2eJZsA&index=2 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Will Stolk and Alec 'Craze' Zammitt Take a Stand Against Cannabis Laws in Australia |url=https://www.thechronicmagazine.com/post/will-stolk-and-alec-craze-zammitt-take-a-stand-against-cannabis-laws-in-australia |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Chronic Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Du Cannabis Projeté Au Laser Sur L'opéra De Sidney - Le Cannabiste |url=https://lecannabiste.com/du-cannabis-projete-au-laser-sur-lopera-de-sidney/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2022 activists from "Who Are We Hurting?" projected dancing cannabis leafs on Australian Landmarks - [[Sydney Opera House]] & [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Leading protagonists held by police in fight to protect cannabis patients. |work=Yahoo News |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/leading-protagonists-held-police-fight-123000922.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=4/20 activists illuminate Opera House & Harbour Bridge with cannabis art |work=The Brag |url=https://thebrag.com/4-20-activists-sydney-landmarks/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Will Stolk and Alec 'Craze' Zammitt Take a Stand Against Cannabis Laws in Australia |url=https://www.thechronicmagazine.com/post/will-stolk-and-alec-craze-zammitt-take-a-stand-against-cannabis-laws-in-australia |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Chronic Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-27 |title=Du Cannabis Projeté Au Laser Sur L'opéra De Sidney - Le Cannabiste |newspaper=Le Cannabiste |url=https://lecannabiste.com/du-cannabis-projete-au-laser-sur-lopera-de-sidney/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
** The pairs lawyer Mark Davis has launched a defence based on their implied constitutional right to political expression or communication. The matter is still ongoing.<ref name="auto1"/>
** The pairs lawyer Mark Davis has launched a defence based on their implied constitutional right to political expression or communication. The matter is still ongoing.<ref name=":0" />
* On 20 April 2021 activists from Who Are We Hurting? presented $420,000 to [[Parliament House, Canberra]] as part of a performance protest.<ref>{{Citation |title=Activists take $420k to Parliament House to display daily excise loss - Who Are We Hurting? BTS vlog |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXsId3gF34&list=PLbhFvCYjKk0d9FQTbFVTW4vIVz_2eJZsA&index=13 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=10 News First - $420K PROTEST Cannabis advocates have... |url=https://www.facebook.com/158249957578653/posts/420k-protest-cannabis-advocates-have-taken-wads-of-crisp-green-cash-to-canberra-/5383604291709834/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
* On 1 April 2020 (April fool's day) activists from 'Who Are We Hurting?' delivered Prime Minister Scott Morrison a pound of artificial cannabis. [[Kirribilli House]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=420 activists deliver a pound of weed to Scott Morrison as peace offering |url=https://thebrag.com/420-activists-deliver-weed-scott-morrison/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=The Brag |language=en-AU}}</ref>


* On 20 April 2019 activists moved in a 9 metre tall cannabis sculpture at Sydney's [[Martin Place]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Who are we hurting? "POT" PLANT - Police Remove Cannabis Sculpture from Central Sydney |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtjvbgLi_aY&list=PLbhFvCYjKk0d9FQTbFVTW4vIVz_2eJZsA&index=9 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-19 |title=A Giant Cannabis Plant Was Put Up At Martin Place Overnight, Here's Why |url=https://10daily.com.au/news/a190419yas/a-giant-cannabis-plant-was-put-up-at-martin-place-overnight-heres-why-20190419 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=10 daily |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2019 activists moved in a 9 metre tall cannabis sculpture at Sydney's [[Martin Place]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-19 |title=A Giant Cannabis Plant Was Put Up At Martin Place Overnight, Here's Why |url=https://10daily.com.au/news/a190419yas/a-giant-cannabis-plant-was-put-up-at-martin-place-overnight-heres-why-20190419 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=10 daily |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2018 activists & hemp health and innovation expo placed cannabis plants over Sydney CBD, the stunt made national headlines with the organizers being interviewed on network tens breakfast tv show [[Studio 10]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Who are we hurting? Push To Make Medicinal Cannabis Legal Studio 10 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0WjC5yXREE&list=PLbhFvCYjKk0d9FQTbFVTW4vIVz_2eJZsA&index=18 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dopamine |date=2018-04-19 |title=Artists hide 'cannabis plants' around Sydney CBD for 420 protest |url=https://dopamine.net.au/cannabis-plants-sydney-cbd-420-2018/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Dopamine |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Connellan |first=Shannon |date=April 20, 2018 |title=Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt |url=https://mashable.com/2018/04/19/marijuana-plants-hidden-420/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney |url=https://junkee.com/420-weed-cannabis-sydney/155337 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Junkee |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20 |url=https://www.beat.com.au/these-two-weapons-covered-sydney-in-cannabis-plants-to-celebrate-4-20/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Beat Magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2018 activists & hemp health and innovation expo placed cannabis plants over Sydney CBD, the stunt made national headlines with the organizers being interviewed on network tens breakfast tv show [[Studio 10]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dopamine |date=2018-04-19 |title=Artists hide 'cannabis plants' around Sydney CBD for 420 protest |url=https://dopamine.net.au/cannabis-plants-sydney-cbd-420-2018/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Dopamine |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Connellan |first=Shannon |date=April 20, 2018 |title=Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt |url=https://mashable.com/2018/04/19/marijuana-plants-hidden-420/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney |url=https://junkee.com/420-weed-cannabis-sydney/155337 |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Junkee |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-20 |title=These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20 |url=https://www.beat.com.au/these-two-weapons-covered-sydney-in-cannabis-plants-to-celebrate-4-20/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Beat Magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2017 Alec set up a Hydroponic grow room in a store window in the heart of [[Sydney]]. Police attended the premises to investigate and found that the plants were artificial and the instillation was allowed to stay.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 April 2017 |title=who are we hurting? |url=https://crazeco.com.au/blog/who-are-we-hurting-kings-cross/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=Some Blaze Lord Put A Hydroponic Weed Pop-Up In Sydney's Kings X For 4/20 |url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/some-blaze-lord-put-a-hydroponic-weed-pop-up-in-sydneys-kings-x-for-420/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Pedestrian TV |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Public Cannabis Nursery Appears in Kings Cross |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/city-file/article/cannabis-shop-appears-kings-cross |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Broadsheet |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=This 420 hydroponic weed shopfront is all substance, no actual drugs |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/420-hydroponic-weed-shopfront-substance-062445251.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2017 Alec set up a Hydroponic grow room in a store window in the heart of [[Sydney]]. Police attended the premises to investigate and found that the plants were artificial and the instillation was allowed to stay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=Some Blaze Lord Put A Hydroponic Weed Pop-Up In Sydney's Kings X For 4/20 |url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/some-blaze-lord-put-a-hydroponic-weed-pop-up-in-sydneys-kings-x-for-420/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Pedestrian TV |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Public Cannabis Nursery Appears in Kings Cross |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/city-file/article/cannabis-shop-appears-kings-cross |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Broadsheet |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=This 420 hydroponic weed shopfront is all substance, no actual drugs |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/420-hydroponic-weed-shopfront-substance-062445251.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |date=20 April 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* On 20 April 2016 activists from 'Who Are We Hurting?' with Australian rapper Hyjak from [[Hyjak N Torcha]] raised a giant sign off the highway using 1m diameter wedding party balloons full of helium. [[Sydney]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RaWOjHN_sY Hyjak - Mother Natures Gift MUSIC VIDEO - #Superbong does 420 #Whoarewehurting?]


====== Other Activism ======
====== [[Cannabis in Germany|Germany]] ======


* The [[420 (cannabis culture)]] protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?' led by [[Alec zammitt|Alec 'Craze' Zammitt]] & Will Stolk brought their protest efforts to Berlin, Germany in July 2023, one month prior to Germany announcing the legalization of Cannabis. The group distributed 100s of fake cannabis plant props throughout Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FRANK |date=2023-08-29 |title=Two Australian Activists Face Criminal Charges for Projecting Pro-Cannabis Imagery Onto the Sydney Opera House |url=https://frank151.com/two-australian-activists-face-criminal-charges-for-projecting-pro-cannabis-imagery-onto-the-sydney-opera-house/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Frank151.com |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ruskin |first1=Zack |last2=Now |first2=Cannabis |date=2023-07-22 |title=8000Kicks Publicity Stunt Raises Hemp Awareness in Berlin |url=https://cannabisnow.com/8000kicks-publicity-stunt-raises-hemp-awareness-in-berlin/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Cannabis Now |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=¿Berlín Cubierta de Marihuana? Activistas 420 Llenan la Ciudad con 500 Plantas |url=https://elplanteo.com/plantas-marihuana-canamo-berlin/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=El Planteo}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=8000Kicks |url=https://softsecrets.com/de/artikel/8000kicks-auf-hanfrevolution-folgt-festnahme |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=softsecrets.com |language=de}}</ref> Mimicking their prior [[Cannabis in Australia|Australian]] 420 protest in 2018. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Langford |first=Sam |title=Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney |work=Junkee |url=https://junkee.com/420-weed-cannabis-sydney/155337}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Connellan |first=Shannon |date=2018-04-20 |title=Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt |url=https://mashable.com/article/marijuana-plants-hidden-420 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Brereton |first=Greta |date=2018-04-20 |title=These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20 |url=https://beat.com.au/these-two-weapons-covered-sydney-in-cannabis-plants-to-celebrate-4-20/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Beat Magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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*In the lead up to the 2023 NSW State Elections, Alec coordinated a crowd funded campaign of digital billboards depicting the slogan 'End Evidence-Free RDT' in support of [[Jeremy Buckingham]] and the [[Legalise Cannabis NSW Party]] <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Australian state is being called on to stop punishing drivers if they have marijuana in their system |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/nsw-called-on-to-stop-punishing-drivers-with-marijuana-in-system-810099-20230324 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=LADbible |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-19 |title=Jeremy Buckingham Makes History as Legalise Cannabis NSW's First Elected MP |url=https://friendlyaussiebuds.com/australian-cannabis-news/jeremy-buckingham-makes-history-as-legalise-cannabis-nsws-first-elected-mp/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=friendlyaussiebuds.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Martin |date=2023-02-16 |title=Cannabis campaigners take out billboard ads to protest NSW drug-driving laws |url=https://www.cannabiz.com.au/cannabis-campaigners-take-out-billboard-ads-to-protest-nsw-drug-driving-laws/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Cannabiz |language=en-AU}}</ref>


== Sports ==
====== Other Activism ======
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*In the lead up to the 2023 NSW State Elections, Alec coordinated a crowd funded campaign of digital billboards depicting the slogan 'End Evidence-Free RDT' in support of [[Jeremy Buckingham]] and the [[Legalise Cannabis NSW Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Australian state is being called on to stop punishing drivers if they have marijuana in their system |url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/nsw-called-on-to-stop-punishing-drivers-with-marijuana-in-system-810099-20230324 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=LADbible |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Martin |date=2023-02-16 |title=Cannabis campaigners take out billboard ads to protest NSW drug-driving laws |url=https://www.cannabiz.com.au/cannabis-campaigners-take-out-billboard-ads-to-protest-nsw-drug-driving-laws/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Cannabiz |language=en-AU}}</ref>
[[File:Demolition_derby_driver_craze.png|alt=Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway|thumb|Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway]]
[[File:Demolition_derby_driver_craze.png|alt=Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway|thumb|Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway]]
[[File:Alec2.png|thumb|Alec Zammitt Demolition Derby Car No 69]]
[[File:Alec2.png|thumb|Alec Zammitt Demolition Derby Car No 69]]

* [[Demolition derby]] driver at [[Sydney Speedway]] 2014 - 2020
* [[Guinness World Records]] Worlds largest [[Demolition derby]] attempt at [[Murray Bridge Speedway]] 21st April 2018


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Alec Zammitt
Alec Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway
Born (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Other namesCraze
OccupationArtist
Years active2006–present
EmployerCraze collective
Websitecrazeco.org

Alec Zammitt (born 15 February 1994), known professionally as Craze, is an Australian artist, activist, demolition derby driver and content creator, with a history of publicity stunts and corporate activations. He is the lead member and founder of the Craze Collective and 420 (cannabis culture) protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?'[1][2]

Film & Television[3][edit]

Alec arranging film & television prop cannabis plants
Alec is credited as an actor and in the art department for[edit]
- 2023 High Country Foxtel Television Series
- 2023 Human Error Television Series
- 2023 Wizards! featuring Pete Davidson & Orlando Bloom[4]
- 2022 Housos: The Thong Warrior (TV Series) (props)
- 2022 MalaYerba (TV Series) (props)
- 2021 Clickbait (TV Mini Series) (props)
- 2020 Housos (TV Series) (props) (props assistant)
- 2019 Gåsmamman (TV Series) (props 
- 2019 Mr Inbetween (TV Series) (props) 
- 2019 Les Norton (TV Mini Series) (props)
- 2019 My Life Is Murder (TV Series) (props)
- 2018 Doctor Doctor (TV Series) (props)
- 2018 Growing Pains (TV Mini Series) (props)
- 2009 Bran Nue Dae (props)

Activism[edit]

Zammitt is the founding member of 420 (cannabis culture) protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?'

Who Are We Hurting? 420 Stunts[edit]
Australia[edit]
  • On 20 April 2023 the Who Are We Hurting? Army commandeered a motorcade of military vehicles to launch operation 'Driving with THC, shouldn't make you an enemy' in company of Legalise Cannabis NSW Member of Parliament Jeremy Buckingham[5][6][7]
  • On 20 April 2022 activists from "Who Are We Hurting?" projected dancing cannabis leafs on Australian Landmarks - Sydney Opera House & Sydney Harbour Bridge[8][9][10][11]
    • The pairs lawyer Mark Davis has launched a defence based on their implied constitutional right to political expression or communication. The matter is still ongoing.[2]
  • On 20 April 2019 activists moved in a 9 metre tall cannabis sculpture at Sydney's Martin Place.[12]
  • On 20 April 2018 activists & hemp health and innovation expo placed cannabis plants over Sydney CBD, the stunt made national headlines with the organizers being interviewed on network tens breakfast tv show Studio 10.[13][14][15][16]
  • On 20 April 2017 Alec set up a Hydroponic grow room in a store window in the heart of Sydney. Police attended the premises to investigate and found that the plants were artificial and the instillation was allowed to stay.[17][18][19]
Germany[edit]
Other Activism[edit]
Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway
Alec 'Craze' Zammitt with Team Craze Collective at Sydney Speedway
Alec Zammitt Demolition Derby Car No 69

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™". MAXIM Australia. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  2. ^ a b Herrington, A. J. (2023-01-23). "Australian Activists Face Charges for 4/20 Sydney Opera House Projection Protest". High Times. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. ^ "Australia's Kings of Cannabis -Alec Zammitt — Craze™". MAXIM Australia. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  4. ^ Team, Editorial (2022-07-25). "A VERY buff Orlando Bloom leaves the set of new movie Wizards! with Pete Davidson in Cairns". Craze Board. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. ^ "Activists launch huge protest against Australia's 'failures on the war on drugs'". LADbible. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  6. ^ Herrington, A. J. (2023-04-24). "Australian Cannabis Activists Protest THC Ban for Drivers". High Times. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  7. ^ Jones, Steve (2023-04-19). "'We're not the enemy' - activists roll through Sydney in a tank to highlight drug-driving inequality". Cannabiz. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  8. ^ "Leading protagonists held by police in fight to protect cannabis patients". Yahoo News.
  9. ^ "4/20 activists illuminate Opera House & Harbour Bridge with cannabis art". The Brag.
  10. ^ "Will Stolk and Alec 'Craze' Zammitt Take a Stand Against Cannabis Laws in Australia". Chronic Magazine. 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  11. ^ "Du Cannabis Projeté Au Laser Sur L'opéra De Sidney - Le Cannabiste". Le Cannabiste (in French). 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  12. ^ "A Giant Cannabis Plant Was Put Up At Martin Place Overnight, Here's Why". 10 daily. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  13. ^ Dopamine (2018-04-19). "Artists hide 'cannabis plants' around Sydney CBD for 420 protest". Dopamine. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  14. ^ Connellan, Shannon (April 20, 2018). "Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  15. ^ "Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney". Junkee. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  16. ^ "These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20". Beat Magazine. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  17. ^ "Some Blaze Lord Put A Hydroponic Weed Pop-Up In Sydney's Kings X For 4/20". Pedestrian TV. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  18. ^ "A Public Cannabis Nursery Appears in Kings Cross". Broadsheet. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  19. ^ "This 420 hydroponic weed shopfront is all substance, no actual drugs". uk.news.yahoo.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  20. ^ FRANK (2023-08-29). "Two Australian Activists Face Criminal Charges for Projecting Pro-Cannabis Imagery Onto the Sydney Opera House". Frank151.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  21. ^ Ruskin, Zack; Now, Cannabis (2023-07-22). "8000Kicks Publicity Stunt Raises Hemp Awareness in Berlin". Cannabis Now. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  22. ^ "¿Berlín Cubierta de Marihuana? Activistas 420 Llenan la Ciudad con 500 Plantas". El Planteo. 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  23. ^ "8000Kicks". softsecrets.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  24. ^ Langford, Sam. "Happy 4/20: Activists Have Hidden Weed Plants All Around Sydney". Junkee.
  25. ^ Connellan, Shannon (2018-04-20). "Marijuana plants hidden in plain sight for 4/20 stunt". Mashable. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  26. ^ Brereton, Greta (2018-04-20). "These two weapons covered Sydney in 'cannabis plants' to celebrate 4/20". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  27. ^ "Australian state is being called on to stop punishing drivers if they have marijuana in their system". LADbible. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  28. ^ Lane, Martin (2023-02-16). "Cannabis campaigners take out billboard ads to protest NSW drug-driving laws". Cannabiz. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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