I am so thrilled to have another guest post from a fellow mom named Jennifer Landis and to hear her thoughts about how parents can end the stigma of recreational marijuana use.  I wholeheartedly believe that parents, and particularly mothers, will be a huge part of not just ending the stigma, but also end federal cannabis prohibition overall.
I agree with her sentiments and fully support and encourage movement forward in this sector of activism for the cannabis movement.

We have been following the legislature in Vermont particularly closely this session as you can see by our articles here and here.  
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) released this news about the marijuana legalization bill circulating through both the Vermont State Senate and House that has been approved and is now en route to the Governor’s office to become a law!
Vermont would be the first state to legalize adult marijuana use through legislation instead of by a public vote.

On April 26, 2017, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), together with some of its strongest supporters, gathered to celebrate the career and resignation of the organization’s Founder and Executive Director, Ethan Nadelman.  Tears were shed by family and friends alike, as DPA staff recounted the manner by which Nadelman, a New York native, championed drug reform over the course of decades, working from a basement office with a handful of volunteers, to a global organization that is over 70 employees strong.

We have been monitoring various State Congresses across the U.S. and what cannabis policy-related bills they have circulating through them this legislative session.  One of the biggest surprises for me personally is legislative action and support we are seeing in the state of Texas.  We are thrilled to share the news we got today about HB 2107 from the Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy when they posted this:Medical cannabis has unprecedented support in the Texas House. Now what?
Last Tuesday night, the Public Health committee considered public testimony in support of HB 2107 until nearly 2 a.m.

We have done several posts regarding cooking with cannabis, and here is another one about how to make a cannabis maple candy recipe from a guest author. She has explained her purpose and reason for sharing this recipe quite articulately:I believe we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how many ways we can use the cannabis plant.  One of the best ways for patients who have little to no appetite is in the form of candies and toffees.

The Cultivation Classic is the world’s ONLY cannabis competition event that is exclusively for ethically-grown product free of pesticides, defining craft and celebrating community.  This event is held in Portland, Oregon and is coming up on May 12th (this Friday!) and is not to be missed whether you are a consumer, an industry professional, or an activist (or all of the above!).Tickets are available now for CULTIVATION CLASSIC, the world’s only competition and celebration exclusively for pesticide-free cannabis grown in Oregon.

As legal weed becomes more and more prevalent in the U.S., so do the options for gifs for those of us who like to consume cannabis.  Being a regular cannabis consumer myself, it is always exciting for me to see what is new and what is best out there on the market for gifts.  While I have done gifting guides in the past, this one is particularly special to me as I am a mom of 3 young boys and have been at the stoner mom lifestyle for quite some time now.

You might recall my canna-quest from my Week 1 post, but this week includes the (un)official holiday for cannabis consumers, 420 (or April 20, for those of you not familiar with the cannabis culture).  I am also still vaping and smoking the 14 samples of cannabis flower for the 2017 Cultivation Classic.  Here is how I walked 25.6 miles from Sunday April 16 through Saturday, April 22.Sunday, 6.3 miles. Today I am judging sample 6430 from my judge’s kit.

It is 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 22. I had flown into San Diego from Detroit the night before after finally getting my medical marijuana certification in Michigan, on 4/20. I’m here with two friends. We’re the three amigos: the Todd Man, aka Todd Durban, aka T_dOG (cannabis artist-at-large); Master G, my old friend and chronic sage, and Big Ben, a traveling nurse from Philly via Thailand. We stow our bags in the trunk of our jet black Prius and prepare to drive to San Bernardino for the 2017 High Times SoCal Cannabis Cup.

We have done several posts regarding cooking with cannabis, and here is another one about how to make cannabis maple candy from a guest author.  She has explained her purpose and reason for sharing this recipe quite articulately:I believe we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how many ways we can use the cannabis plant.  One of the best ways for patients who have little to no appetite is in the form of candies and toffees.