Many people don’t know about the queer history of cannabis. People often forget, or simply don’t know, that we wouldn’t have cannabis legalization today without the LGBTQ pot pioneers who fought for our right to…
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Juneteenth, Cannabis Legalization, and the Battle for Racial Justice
Juneteenth is not an officially recognized American holiday, but it should be. Black Americans have celebrated it as the anniversary of African American independence from slavery since the 19th century. The holiday gained new attention…
Enjoying Legal Weed? You’ve Got LGBTQ Pioneers to Thank
How Dennis Peron and LGBTQ Activists Overcame Police Violence and the AIDS Epidemic to Win the Battle for Medical Cannabis By Jennifer Boeder Dennis Peron may not have the same fame as weed icons like…
What is 4/20? The Stoner Holiday Explained (by the NorCal Dudes who Created It)
By Jennifer Boeder 420, it’s a magic number. It’s all over dating apps and apartment listings (“4/20 friendly!”) movies and TV — most of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are set to 4:20 and the…
Five Places Pot Shows Up In Classic Literature
When we talk about cannabis being a dynamic tool for artists, most of those conversations usually revolve around people like musicians and visual artists – jazz greats like Louis Armstrong or Cab Calloway, or painters…
Song of the Vipers: That Time Louis Armstrong Got Arrested For Hotboxing
Everybody knows Louis Armstrong. And everybody loves Louis Armstrong. He has that deep rumbly voice like a gravel truck. He has those trumpet skills. He has the best version of “What A Wonderful World” (second…
The Who, What, When, Where and Why of That Mummy With A Sack Of Weed
A while back, scientists in China discovered an ancient burial site with evidence of cannabis – and evidence that the persons buried in those types of burial sites were given the cannabis for their journey…