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Dr. Órfhlaith Campbell at ‘The Case For Ending Cannabis Prohibition in Ireland’ | 01.02.2021
Read more: Dr. Órfhlaith Campbell at ‘The Case For Ending Cannabis Prohibition in Ireland’ | 01.02.2021Doctor Órfhlaith Campbell was a guest speaker at 1TD Gino Kenny’s online talk on Monday, ‘The Case For Ending Cannabis Prohibition in Ireland’. The following text has been adapted from the 2People Before Profit live stream for the purpose of clarity. This text is far from all that was said by Dr. Campbell at the…
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Adrienne Lynch | 09.01.2021
Read more: Adrienne Lynch | 09.01.2021Richard speaks to Adrienne Lynch. Despite long-term mental health issues and related physical conditions, she was able to come off debilitating prescription medications and go on to live a full, purposeful life, thanks in no small part to cannabis. Twitter: @adriennevlynch How was your experience of cannabis in Amsterdam when you were in your 20s…
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Kenny Tynan | 07.01.2021
Read more: Kenny Tynan | 07.01.2021Richard speaks to Kenny Tynan – a radio host, DJ, producer, and the host of 1The Cannabis Patient Podcast. Kenny was diagnosed with a grade 2 glioma brain tumour in 2015, resulting in extensive surgeries which meant that he had to re-learn how to use the right side of his body. Kenny sought out cannabis…
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Aimee Brown | 20.12.2020
Read more: Aimee Brown | 20.12.2020Richard speaks to Aimee Brown, a young woman who suffers from debilitating endometriosis, as well as adenomyosis. “Endo” affects one in ten Irish women, or more than 155,000 women in Ireland. There is an average wait of nine years before patients are diagnosed with this condition, often after repeated misdiagnoses. Aimee’s symptoms began at age…
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Farrell Miller | Toronto, Canada | 21.11.2020
Read more: Farrell Miller | Toronto, Canada | 21.11.2020Farrell Miller is the COO of Erbn Green, a female-founded company that wants to help you “discover how cannabis fits into your modern life and how it can help you fuel creativity”. She is also a board member of NORML Canada and has a JD in Law from the University of British Columbia. Twitter: @FeralMiller…
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Brandee Hewlett | Los Angeles, California | 13.11.2020
Read more: Brandee Hewlett | Los Angeles, California | 13.11.2020Brandee Hewlett worked in bartending for 14 years, starting at an Irish pub. She then worked at a gay nightclub for 8 years, before moving on to fine dining and bartending competitions. It was at this point in life she began to feel a ‘massive pull’ to shift away from ‘serving poison’. Nowadays, she teaches…
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Dr. Órfhlaith Campbell | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 12.11.2020
Read more: Dr. Órfhlaith Campbell | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 12.11.2020Doctor Órfhlaith Campbell is a Belfast-based historian, wellbeing practitioner and drug reform activist with a PhD on the The Irish Temperance League of 1858-1914, which campaigned during a time of major political upheaval across the island. She has a background in community work, having worked in a range of positions in Vancouver, Canada, supporting adults…
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Vera Twomey | Cork | 21.11.2020
Read more: Vera Twomey | Cork | 21.11.2020Vera Twomey‘s daughter Ava suffers from Dravet’s Syndrome – a rare and severe form of epilepsy which causes multiple seizures a day. Twitter: @Veras1 The attention your 2017 sit down protest and your 2018 protest walk from Cork to Dublin drew are seen by many in Ireland to have been highly influential in seeing the…
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Cannabis Saved My Life
Read more: Cannabis Saved My LifeGuest writer Adrienne Lynch bravely tells us about her life to date and how, despite ongoing mental health issues and related physical conditions, she was able to come off of debilitating prescription medications and to live a full, purposeful life, thanks to cannabis. It is a written testament to the potential for cannabis to completely…
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Nicole of Cork Cannabis Activist Network | 10.11.2020
Read more: Nicole of Cork Cannabis Activist Network | 10.11.2020Nicole runs the Cork Cannabis Activist Network across social media. She has been consistently drawing attention to how cannabis is presented in the Irish media and highlighting government inaction on legalisation. CCAN is on Instagram: @corkcan / Twitter: @cork_can What first drew you to cannabis? I can’t actually pinpoint a specific memory, but I do…
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