Lack of involvement of Indigenous communities & leaders risks further colonial exploitation of their lands and cultural heritage. From volteface by Editorial June 30 2022 Almost a decade ago, Elizabeth’s husband Chor experienced what she now calls a “healing crisis”: an opiate relapse after a 13 year stretch of sobriety.…
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From The Weed Blog by Leah Maurer June 17 2022 Cannabis has been used as a medicine for millennia, embedded in the cultural practices of people of color from around the world. From June 20-21, 2022, the Association for Cannabis Health Equity and Medicine (ACHEM), a nonprofit medical association advancing and supporting Black,…
From Real Peoples Media June 13, 2022 On June 3, 2022, Gene Hill visited the 1701 Iroquois Trading Post on Kingston Rd, in Scarborough Ontario. The 1701 Iroquois Trading Post is a sovereign Indigenous store retailing cannabis, tobacco, fish and other Indigenous products. Uncle Gene met with Ken Hughes, Kanenhariyo…
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…
Red Market Brand’s long-term goal is to “establish a national network of First Nation-licenced producers who will supply Red Market and other First Nation cannabis products — all approved by Health Canada.” From TheGrowthOp by Sam Riches June 21 2021 Red Market Brand (RMB) will give Canadian consumers an Indigenous option when…
That hasn’t stopped Matthew Bell, a Bear Clan member of the Potawatomi nation, from seeking a different path – one which his fiercely independent ancestors travelled themselves. Instead of operating under Canada’s licensing system – which was devised without consulting Indigenous people – Bell is taking a stand for sovereignty.
From Kahnawake.com by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke July 5 2021 The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to inform the community that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Health Canada in relation to the Cannabis industry on the Territory. “This MOU is an important step in…
Lately, CBD brands have started adding adaptogens—plants and mushrooms with healing properties—into their products. Unfortunately, they rarely attribute these ancient medicines to their historical and cultural context. From Ganjapreneur by Cara Wietstock June 25 2021 Adaptogens are medicinal plants and mushrooms that are experiencing a resurgence in global wellness trends…
Trading in indigenous plants is good business, it’s worth an estimated R270-million a year with a consumer base of more than 26-million. From SABC News by Lerato Fekisi May 23 2021 Trading in traditional medicine is a multi-million rand business in South Africa. However, the practice is still very much…
From Green Bay Press Gazette by Frank Vaisvilas May 21 2021 CAMBRIDGE – Rob Pero was never much of an alcohol drinker. He doesn’t do well with it, so natural cannabis has always been his choice. And when Wisconsin launched a hemp production pilot program as part of the 2018 Farm Bill, Pero jumped at…