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Jamaican Cannabis Struggles to Integrate Traditional Growers

From Talking Drugs by MillaMay Garrow November 9 2023 The regulation of cannabis in Jamaica is an important issue to get right given the countries’ historical and cultural link to the drug. With its arrival in the mid-19th Century from Indian indentured servants, cannabis quickly became aligned with social and political movements of…

Long Island Cannabis Conversations: Part II

Exploring the island’s Indigenous roots and futures From Long Island Weekly by Janet Burns March 24 2023 Our last installment left off in the island’s East End, where European colonists who grew hemp for sails and rigging left their mark behind with the name ‘Hamptons.’ For this installment, we return to Eastern…

INDIGENOUS UNLICENSED CANNABIS STORES

From Cannabis Life Network by Caleb McMillan December 23 2022 A second Indigenous unlicensed cannabis retail store has opened in London, Ontario. Sewatohwat Cannabis recently opened without approval from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the province’s cannabis regulator. “The store is operated by sovereign people on sovereign land,” says a sign on the…

Say Cannabis, Not Marijuana: The Racist History Behind Mother Mary and Her “Huana”

Why should we stop using the term “marijuana”? The word has a centuries-deep history rooted in racist practices and misinformation. Instead, call it cannabis. From Honeysuckle Magazine by Wei Hu July 25 2022 This summer, let’s all finally actually commemorate Mexican culture and heritage by ending the use of the…

Traditional Medicine

By David Malmo-Levine from Cannabis Culture June 9 2022 CANNABIS CULTURE – White Supremacist pot cartel & BC Provincial Government seeks to raid Indigenous pot dispensaries out of existence “Boundary n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of…