Mikki Norris

Mikki Norris has been a cannabis reform activist since 1989, Mikki Norris is best known for her book, Shattered Lives: Portraits from America’s Drug War based on the powerful photo exhibit, Human Rights and the Drug War, which put a human face on the prisoners and victims of US drug policies. Mikki and her husband, Chris Conrad, have been spokespeople and educators for the cause in the US and internationally. They lived in Amsterdam in 1993 while curating and designing the Hash, Marihuana, and Hemp Museum. She was managing editor of the West Coast Leaf newspaper (2008-2013). Mikki and Chris were grassroots petition drive coordinators for California’s Prop. 215, the medical marijuana law passed in 1996. She led the Cannabis Consumers Campaign, advocating for the end of stigma and for equal rights. She worked on various voter initiatives including the legalization measures, 2010 Prop. 19 and the 2016 Prop. 64.