Peron works toward marijuana legalization

by Devon Crus | news editor

March 27, 2002

Monday afternoon, people gathered to hear how to legalize marijuana in Utah.
The "father of medicinal marijuana," Dennis Peron, came to speak to Weber State University as part of a Utah tour. The main reason for the tour was Peron's recent arrest in Cedar City, Utah, on drug-related charges and his pending trial, which has forced him to prolong his stay in the state.

Marijuana is one of the three major wars Peron said he has fought within his life. All of them have provided a reason for his fight to legalize marijuana. One of the first "wars" was the Vietnam War.

At 18 he joined the Air Force trying to avoid being shipped to Vietnam, where he was sent one year later. During the war he was responsible for putting bodies from "as far as the eye could see" from stretchers into body bags. Marijuana provided one way to self-medicate during such a stressful time.

"I'm a guy that's been created by war," Peron said.

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