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Apr 2024

54m 28s

The Gendering of Weed

About this episode

With the decriminalization and commercialization of weed in some of the US, we've seen some very troubling marketing towards women (and blatant ignorance of the past). Friend of the show Joey stops by to go over the history, the issues and the positive potential of cannabis.

Links:

Sexism and the Weed industry:

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/02/01/sexism-weed-marijuana-cannabis-pot-industry-no-girls-in-the-grow/

Women and the War on Drugs:

https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1113962?ln=en&v=pdf

Indigenous Women Revolutionizing the Cannabis Industry:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseybartlett/2024/04/11/how-indigenous-women-are-revolutionizing-the-cannabis-industry/?sh=d07964d6c3a0

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