Claim: Peron neither sold cannabis from storefronts in the Castro nor advocated for medical cannabis, as he saw how patients with AIDS benefited from it; while his partner, Jonathan West, whom he met in California, died of AIDS in 1990.
Evidence: Dennis Peron (1945-2018), gay American medical marijuana activist and businessman Peron sold cannabis from storefronts in the Castro and advocated for medical cannabis, as he saw how patients with AIDS benefited from it.