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Mikki Norris was born on 18 July, 1952, is an American drug policy activist and author. Discover Mikki Norris's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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Cancer |
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Mikki Norris Height, Weight & Measurements
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Mikki Norris Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mikki Norris worth at the age of 71 years old? Mikki Norris’s income source is mostly from being a successful activist. She is from . We have estimated Mikki Norris's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Mikki Norris (born July 18, 1952) is an American drug policy activist, former publisher, and author, known for her work highlighting the human cost of the US War on Drugs.
She co-authored, with husband Chris Conrad and Virginia Resner, Shattered Lives: Portraits From America's Drug War and Human Rights and the US Drug War.
Norris began her Drug War activism in 1989, when she and her husband, Chris Conrad, founded the American Hemp Council.
They became outspoken activists and organizers for the many uses of the hemp plant.
In 1993, Norris assisted her husband in curating and designing the Amsterdam Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum.
In 1995, Norris and her husband Chris Conrad partnered with Virginia Resner to create the "Human Rights '95: Atrocities of the Drug War" photo exhibit which put a human face on non-violent prisoners of the Drug War and showed how the Drug War operates through their personal stories.
Launched at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on June 24, 1995 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, the exhibit looked at the issue in the context UN's Declaration on Human Rights.
In November, 1995, Norris and Conrad created a photo exhibit for the Drugs Peace House in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that traveled to other European Cities.
Norris created 30 smaller excerpted displays that were shown at libraries, universities, conferences, and events across the US under the name "Human Rights and the Drug War."
In order to reach a wider audience with this information, she developed the web site, Human Rights and the Drug War.
In 1996, for the final six weeks of the signature-gathering period, Norris and Conrad were hired on as Community Action Coordinators, managing the volunteer signature gathering campaign effort for the Compassionate Use Act, later known as Proposition 215.
In 1999, Norris and Conrad received recognition as "Local Heroes" in the Best of the Bay issue of the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
In 2001, Norris and Conrad shared the Robert C. Randall Award for Achievement in Citizen Action from the Lindesmith/Drug Policy Foundation.
In 2002, Norris founded the Cannabis Consumers Campaign, which operates a website where cannabis consumers can "come out" about their experiences using the plant and take a stand for equal rights.
In 2004, Norris shared the Outstanding Citizen Activism Award with Conrad at the national NORML conference.
In 2006, Norris was a hired consultant on the California Cities Campaign which ran ballot initiatives in three cities to make enforcement of marijuana possession crimes the lowest law enforcement priority.
The campaigns were successful in Santa Barbara (66% approval), Santa Monica (65%) and Santa Cruz (64%).
In addition, she consulted with city officials in West Hollywood and San Francisco, which passed similar ordinances that same year.
In 2006, Norris was awarded the Pauline Sabin Award at the national NORML conference.
Norris was also the co-founder, managing editor, and publisher of the West Coast Leaf, the "cannabis newspaper of record" for the West Coast of the United States from 2008 to 2013.
The newspaper has gone digital, and is now The Leaf Online.
Norris earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied Sociology.
She then pursued graduate studies at California State University, Los Angeles, where she earned a Master's degree in Education.
In 2008, Norris was a delegate to the Beyond 2008 NGO Forum in Vancouver, British Columbia, where multiple NGOs met to advise the United Nations on drug policy.
The following year, Norris and husband Chris Conrad attended high-level meetings at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, when that body adopted "respect for human rights" as one of its policy recommendations.
In 2010, Norris and Conrad shared the Lifetime Achievement Award from Oaksterdam University.
In 2014, Norris and husband Chris Conrad were awarded the National Cannabis Activist Award at Seattle Hempfest.
