It’s the fastest growing industry in the country, but am I profiting from an industry that is doing nothing positive for my community? By Brianna Holt When I was in middle school, my older brother was arrested for possession of weed for the first time. He had a gram on him and went to jail...
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The Marijuana Industry Alienates Black People and Benefits White Folks
White people are capitalizing off of a plant that led to thousands of Black people getting incarcerated and essentially shutting us out of the legal cannabis market. In 1992, Tupac famously said “instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.” The effects of the War on...
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Tune in to These 13 Women/Femme Artists for Your 420 Groove
This 4/20, buy from a woman- or femme-owned dispensary and then slap on some tunes made by these talented non-male artists. Stoners, potheads and burnouts everywhere wait with bated breath as the holiday approaches. Named after code for cannabis culture, April 20 marks the annual, unofficial marijuana holiday. Pot may not seem like a gendered...