Michael Aldrich, PhD

Michael R. Aldrich,PhD, founded the first college chapter of Lemar (Legalize Marijuana) and authored the first doctoral dissertation on cannabisin the US, “Marijuana Myths and Folklore,” SUNY Buffalo, 1970; editor of The Marijuana Review, 1968-1973; co-founder, Amorphia, The Cannabis Cooperative, 1969-1973; organizer, California Marijuana Initiative, 1972; curator, Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, 1974-2002 and the Aldrich Archives, 1974-present; program coordinator, Institute for Community Health Outreach (AIDS training program); executive director, CHAMP dispensary, 2001-2002; co-founder, San Francisco Patient and Resource Center (SPARC). Mike served on the Board of California NORML, and on the Board of Directors of Patients Out of Time. Mike and Michellecontributed “Popular Music and Drug Lyrics” to the 1973 report of the US Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse. The Marina Apothecarium dispensary in San Francisco is dedicated to Mike and Michelle in honor of their 50 years in the legalization movement.