 He attended law school at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., and became an intern at NORML.Farnham began working as an aide in July 1977 and made his mark lobbying against the US government's infamous Paraquat spraying campaign in Mexico.In 1979 Keith Stroup resigned over the Peter Bourne controversy, which was a direct result of Bourne's continued support of the Paraquat program.