2013 CalNORML Conference_Pioneers - Michael Aldrich
Channel: MM411
Date: 2013-02-09

PIONEERS OF CANNABIS LAW REFORM
(10:00-11:00)
Michael Aldrich, Amorphia
Michelle Aldrich, CMI
Gordon Brownell, original CalNORML director
Debby Goldsberry, Cannabis Action Network co-founder
Dennis Peron, Prop. 215 author

Michael Aldrich is author of the first Ph.D. dissertation on cannabis in the U.S., "Marijuana Myths & Folklore," SUNY-Buffalo, 1970. He founded the first college chapter of LEMAR at SUNY-Buffalo in 1967 and was co-founder of Amorphia 1969-73, which sponsored the first California Marijuana Initiative in 1972. He was curator of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Library 1974-2002 and trained AIDS outreach workers 1989-2001. He was Executive Director of CHAMP 2001-2002 and co-founder of SPARC dispensary 2010- present.