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Educated Stoner – Evangelizing Cannabis: Praise the Lord & Pass the Pipe!
Read more: Educated Stoner – Evangelizing Cannabis: Praise the Lord & Pass the Pipe!A continuation of the Educated Stoner series by freelance journalist, producer and cannabis advocate, Sharon Letts. We encourage our readers to check out more from sharonletts.com as she documents her experience with cannabis from beating cancer to remedy recipes, essays and books to video and podcast interviews, and much more. Twitter: @SharonLetts The past five…
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Educated Stoner – High Art: Cannabis & Muse
Read more: Educated Stoner – High Art: Cannabis & MuseA continuation of the work of freelance journalist, producer and cannabis advocate, Sharon Letts. We encourage our readers to check out more from sharonletts.com as she documents her experience with cannabis from beating cancer to remedy recipes, essays and books to video and podcast interviews, and much more. Twitter: @SharonLetts When I became pregnant with…
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Are We There Yet? – The Long Journey to a Greener Ireland
Read more: Are We There Yet? – The Long Journey to a Greener IrelandNicholas takes a look at the long road that awaits Ireland in seeing cannabis reform and the hurdles it currently face. As the western world changes its perspective on cannabis, medicinal laws are introduced, criminal records purged and new jobs created from the procurement to the retail of the plant, have all become facets of…
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Educated Stoner – My Journey: A Life Gone To Pot
Read more: Educated Stoner – My Journey: A Life Gone To PotSharon Letts is a freelance journalist, producer and cannabis advocate. We encourage our readers to check out more from sharonletts.com as she documents her experience with cannabis from beating cancer to remedy recipes, essays and books to video and podcast interviews, and much more. Twitter: @sharonletts I grew up in the 1960s and came of…
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Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France | Review
Read more: Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France | ReviewNicholas reviews educator and historian David A. Guba Jr’s book, Taming Cannabis. One of the most prevalent fears promoted against marijuana use comes from the categorisation of its users and the subsequent stereotyping and fearmongering of the effects it has on these individuals. This is shrouded in racist and xenophobic narratives perpetrated by a government…
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Cannabis & The Gateway Drug Narrative
Read more: Cannabis & The Gateway Drug NarrativeNicholas examines a common barrier which stifles the debate on marijuana reform. The discussion of cannabis legislation is shrouded in untruths and misconceptions on the effects the drug has when recreationally used. One of these untruths is the theory that marijuana is a gateway drug that precedes harsher drug use. This myth is used to…