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I'll be the first to admit it: for a long time, 4/20 was just a reason to light up, celebrate Earth Day, and smoke out with my friends. Even though I was already using cannabis for seizures and medicinal purposes, I didn't know the full truth. I wasn't educated on the history of Compassionate Use. I didn't understand that the very right to hold a joint in my hand was bought and paid for by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
I was just a kid back then. It wasn't until 2018 that the blinders came off. Continue reading...
