Navigating Grief: Finding Solace in Cannabis through Community
Written By Kellie Frederick
I think most people I know have been navigating some form of grief recently. I recently lost my grandmother’s physical manifestation on Earth. I’m so grateful she lived to almost 100 and she’s been a strong and present force in my life as long as I’ve been alive. I’m still navigating the waves of emotion that threaten to capsize my breaking heart, but as Leonard Cohen said, “The cracks are where the light shines through.”
Shielding Motherhood: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare
Written By Jamie Dodd
Society has a funny way of judging women for how they raise their children; especially the ones who consume cannabis, painting us in “Reefer Madness”-like fashion, endangering the lives of the next generation. And despite the legalization of this plant across the country and any medically-researched statistics being released, the taboo remains.
My Journey Through Life With Cannabis: How Did I Get Here? The 80s: Disco, Big Hair & A Baby
Written By Kim Cooper
I moved to West Virginia in 1981 when I was 18. By then I was consuming cannabis daily, all day long. I was a bong girl, never really cared too much for joints, which always made me cough. Still very rebellious and struggling with issues of abandonment, I never gave much thought from one moment to the next about what I was doing or if it was safe. I was partying, carefree as far as the world knew, but not so much on the inside.