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from the vault: 2ndIssue of AZ NORML Newsletter, Jan. 1991

By Mikel Weisser|2015-11-01T17:50:06-07:00November 1st, 2015|Categories: From the Vault, General|Tags: arizona, cannabis, Cannabis Advocate, chuck hadd, drug war, Legalization, Marijuana, Marijuana Community, Marijuana History, NORML IN ARIZONA, prohibition|0 Comments

A second installment of reprints of the original Arizona NORML newsletter, Homegrown Update, as published by Chuck Hadd, Jr., Viet vet, footsoldier fighting against the drug war.

1991 01Jan-Feb Homegrown Update

–Chuck Hadd, Jr. still lives in PHX and still fights the drug war everyday

About the Author: Mikel Weisser

A former congressional candidate, DNC delegate, schoolteacher, touring poet and political writer, Mikel Weisser helped draft both Arizona’s 2016 and 2020 cannabis legalization initiatives. Since 2015 Mikel Weisser has been the state director of NORML’s Arizona chapter and a consultant to AZ’s cannabis industry. In addition to working as head staff writer for Cannabiz News and Arizona Cannabis Monthly, his cannabis reporting has been published in Leafly and Freedom Leaf. Weisser has worked on legislation since 2013 and helped shape both the AZ hemp and MMJ testing programs. An avid dog-lover and musician, Weisser has a Masters in English from the University of Illinois at Springfield and a Masters in Secondary Education from Northern Arizona University. Weisser currently serves as the rural field director for the Smart and Safe Arizona campaign to legalize cannabis in AZ for the 2020 election. He lives with his wife in So-Hi, AZ.