Dennis Peron
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Dennis Peron is a medical marijuana activist living in San Francisco. He grew up in the Bronx, served in the Air Force in Vietnam and moved to The Castro where he cofounded the Cannabis Buyers Club and coauthored California Proposition 215. His marijuana business was busted by authorities in 1978 and 1990. In 1996, Dan Lungren, state attorney general, ordered another bust of Peron's club. Proposition 215 was passed soon thereafter, which allowed the club to reopen. In 1998, Peron ran in the Republican primary for California governor against his rival Lungren (who won the primary and lost the election to Gray Davis).
