Dale Gieringer, PhD

Dale Gieringer, PhD has been the director of California NORML (National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws) since 1987. He was one of the original co-authors of California’s medical marijuana law, Prop 215, and of Oakland’s pioneering “Legalize, Tax and Regulate” Measure Z ordinance of 2004. He has published original research on the medical uses of cannabis, THC and CBD potency testing; the economics of legal cannabis, cannabis vaporization for smoke harm reduction; marijuana and driving safety; and the history of marijuana and drug prohibition. He is the author of “The Forgotten Origins of Cannabis Prohibition in California.”