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the speed limit — and allegedly found 55 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle.

The Clackamas County district attorney declined to prosecute the case in June, citing problems with the way the search unfolded, a prosecution memo obtained by The News said. Beal, a veteran of the Youth International Party, or Yippies, had been living in Manhattan after his release from federal prison in 2014, but he also traveled a lot, friends told The News.

He was convicted of transporting more than 100 pounds of marijuana in vans pulled over in Nebraska in 2009 and Wisconsin in 2011.

He suffered a heart attack while in custody in 2011 and nearly died, the friends said.

After his release, Beal raised funds for a clinic in Tibet that uses Ibogaine, a derivative of a West African plant, to treat opioid addiction, one friend said.

“He’s a cardiac patient, and interrupting his medicine could make him very, very sick. I’m afraid for his health,” friend and fellow New York activist Aton Edwards told The News.

Edwards, who lives in Brooklyn, called Beal an “American hero” who advocates for AIDS and cancer patients in New York.

“He’s selfless. He still wears boots he’s had for 40 years. He’s a monk, he just doesn’t have a robe,” Edwards, 56, said.

Other supporters took to Facebook to post “Free Dana Beal” messages.

“He needs to get out. When he had his heart attack in the slammer, he almost died,” friend and fellow Yippie Aron Kay, 68, told The News.