Dennis Peron Archives | Paradise Found

August 17, 2023adult use, aggregated, AIDS, beat generation, Big Top Pot Supermarket, cachexia, California, California News, Cannabis Buyers Club, Castro District, consumption lounges, Culture, Dennis Peron, dispensaries, featured, Haight-Ashbury, hiv, LGBTQ, Martin Olive, medical cannabis, pride, Recreational, San Francisco, Vapor Room

Pot Pride

More than any big city in America, San Francisco has always been on the cutting edge of cannabis consumption––from the beats and […]

September 26, 2022aggregated, Culture, Dennis Peron, Dr. Todd Mikuriya, Ed Rosenthal, jack-herer, legalization, NORML, Politics

From the Archives: The Steps to Legalization (1989)

By Ed Rosenthal For a long time, activists have been waiting for NORML to start a political legalization drive. Years ago, California […]

November 5, 2021aggregated, Brownie Mary, California, cannabis activism, cannabis legalization, Dennis Peron, medical cannabis legalization, medical marijuana, medical marijuana history, political campaigns, Politics, San Francisco

25 years later, California’s medical marijuana vote still feels revolutionary

California’s Prop 215, passed in 1996, ignited a movement that changed the world. It all started with a handful of mavericks and […]