Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather, MD

Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather and his wife took their family to "The Farm" in 1977, a commune where adults used cannabis for religious, recreational and medical purposes (1972 to today). They moved to California in 1982. The Sonoma Alliance for Medical Marijuana (SAMM) was founded around the time of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, Prop 215, by volunteers (mostly women) to develop a respectful relationship with law enforcement so that patients and caregivers would be able to grow and provide marijuana for themselves and patients who were unable to cultivate cannabis. Dr. Hergenrather became one of the first referring physicians under Prop 215. Dr. Tod Mikuriya, MD brought a group of doctors together in 1999-2000 to found the California Cannabis Research Medical Group (CCRMG), a non-profit organization of physicians dedicated to the patient care, research and assisting access to approvals and cannabis. As part of CCRMG, he participated in scientific and grass-roots organizations such as Patient's Out of Time, and the International Cannabinoid Research Society to take a "place at the table." In 2007 he became CCRMG, renamed as the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, president from 2008- 2018. He has been an expert witness on medical use in numerous California courts.