Archive-Mothers Day 2023
It's the Mother's Day Issue!
This month I was so grateful to partner with Honeysuckle to create these amazing campaign images to celebrate moms who love Flowers. This campaign is meant to promote Honeysuckle products but also to normalize that some moms are cannabis users as well. Special thanks to Christa, and all the people that helped bring this together. If you want to support us, use code "SamCanDo15" to save when shopping honeysuckle.
Social Impact of Cannabis Adam Chaney [@AJ_Chaney]
Adam here, There's a stigma around cannabis use and parenting in the United States, with some people believing that using the drug makes someone an unfit or irresponsible parent. This stigma is partly due to historical demonization of the drug and the ongoing legal and social barriers. Recent evidence tells us some fear that using cannabis around children could lead to neglect, impairment, or exposure to secondhand smoke. However, others argue that responsible cannabis use can be compatible with good parenting and that the stigma is based on outdated and unfounded assumptions about the drug.
While there is no comprehensive data on the number of children who have entered the foster care system due to their parent's cannabis possession, it's known that some neglect cases arise out of their possession due to cannabis being illegal. The changing stance of the law resulted in many parents being incarcerated or losing custody much more often in the past. However, recent developments show that children may no longer be removed from their homes where there was no evidence of abuse or neglect. Fortunately, as attitudes and laws around cannabis use have changed, there has been a shift towards more cannabis drug policies and a greater emphasis on keeping families together. Some states have even passed laws specifically protecting parents who use cannabis responsibly from being unfairly targeted by child welfare agencies.
Some proponents of cannabis use argue that it can make people better parents in certain circumstances. Cannabis can help parents manage stress and anxiety, which can improve their mood and overall well-being. Additionally, cannabis can help some parents be more present. However, it's important to note that responsible cannabis use for parents engaged with their children by helping them to relax and should always be done in a safe and controlled environment.
TLDR: No mother should fear losing parental rights for a plant that's sold legally across the country... but many still do.
Legislative Update Cullen Ware [@CullenJWare]
I grew up in poverty in a rough neighborhood. My biological parents divorced when I was nine months old and my dad was a cowboy, and my mom was a city girl. My biological mother (who got custody of me when I was young) was an alcoholic, drug addict, and mentally ill. That lifestyle creates things that most people just can't understand - like how poverty breeds violence, especially for children, dealing to fund food or CRAVINGS in the first place. I am an inimitable product of the strange relationship with police. I've seen them be helpful when a family member committed suicide when I was 7. But I've also witnessed their abuse of power and beat people for no reason - and my grandfather was the captain of the local police department in his area for four decades before his death. I was a freshman in high school.
While my 15 or so years in this lifestyle can never fully excuse me to what the life of a systemically oppressed person can be, it has enough to say. I've suffered in court by decree: a botched and unwarranted assault by police; police telling lies in reports, and so much more. I then went to work as a young adult in law firm and saw all law things in rapid city council.
I share this to remind everyone that the intersectionality of all of these issues (cannabis use, drug use, poverty, homelessness, theft, etc.) is complicated and not clear. And unfortunately, cannabis is still used as a way to cripple people.
