News Round-Up: NYPD Forgot To Take Their Lactaid and Framed Their Diarrhea as a Poisoning
NYPD tried to blame their sensitive stomachs on Shake Shack employees poisoning them, Mercury in microbraids begins this week and more headlines from today. By Clarkisha Kent Even in the midst of a global pandemic and the fight of and for our
How Cannabis Can Improve Your Sex Life If You Live With Chronic Pain
Everybody’s favorite green plant can help disabled people and those with chronic pain find intimacy with the comfort and pleasure they deserve. By Mari “Dev” Ramsawakh I’m a disabled person who deals with chronic pain. I also love sex. What I don’t
These Cannabis Brands Are Addressing Sexual Health And Wellness Needs
Here are a few brands working to address sexual health and wellness with their products, and why it is essential to them. By Jordan Snowden The legalization of marijuana in the United States, medically and recreationally, is still new and ongoing. However,
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 Drugs are still active and visible 25 years after the rapper called attention to this already decades old problem. Black people are nearly four times more likely to get arrested for marijuana possession than white people, despite marijuana usage being the same between the two groups. In 2015, African-Americans made up 30 percent of the population of Oakland,California but 77 percent of cannabis arrests, compared to 4 percent for whites. Like many of the public policies in the U.S., the policies around the prohibition of marijuana was racialized and relied on racist propaganda instead of factual, scientific research. Before Richard Nixon, the man known for inciting the War on Drugs, there was Harry J. Anslinger, the director of the Bureau of Narcotics (known today at the Drug Enforcement Agency). Anslinger’s message to America was clear — weed is evil and it makes Blacks and Latinos “forget their place in society.” Anslinger was even quoted saying “Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.” Like many white men throughout history, Anslinger used the hypothetical sexual assault of white women to convince the country that marijuana was a dangerous drug. Today, those same white women are benefitting heartily from the legal cannabis market. This week, Fast Company profiled Karson Humiston, a 24-year-old white woman who created a job-listing website for cannabis-related jobs. Black and Brown people have experience growing and distributing marijuana in the underground market. We have also suffered the most from unfair laws and enforcement, but we remain overlooked for the same jobs that appear on Humiston’s website.Related: PART TWO: BLACK-OWNED URBAN FARMS IN THE DMV
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