Indopedia All Things Marijuana
Known as the godparents of Californian cannabis legalisation, Mikki Norris and Chris Conrad have campaigned tirelessly for over thirty years to advance the cause of cannabis and hemp, not only in the United States but throughout the world. Cannabis News Network presents a new video series celebrating the couple and their work.
Mikki Norris and her husband Chris Conrad have been cannabis campaigners since the late 80s, so they have a diverse and fascinating history both together and with the plant. Their achievements include co-writing the books ‘Shattered Lives: Portraits from America’s Drug War’, and ‘Human Rights and the US Drug War’, and working on successful campaigns for both medicinal and recreational use legislation. Additionally, as discussed in this video, they moved to Amsterdam in 1995 where they spent half a year as curators of the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum.
Their first experiences in Amsterdam were so positive that they regard this period as ‘The Golden Years’, and it is a pleasure to watch Chris Conrad and Mikki Norris smiling and reminiscing in an apartment above the very museum that they were such an…
