Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas

Abstract

Cover -- Dedication -- Copyright Information -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Cannabis and Our Bodies -- Chapter 1: A Drug We Have to Talk About, Emily Jenkins, Registered Nurse and Associate Professor -- Chapter 2: Medicine, Alejo Schroeter, Fourteen-Year-Old Medicinal Marijuana Patient and His Mom, Mariana Ríos -- Chapter 3: Food That Makes You Feel Funny, Richard Villegas, Music Journalist and Cannabis Edibles Consumer -- Chapter 4: Underground Education, Polita Pepper, Cultivator and Educator -- Chapter 5: A Tool for Athletes, Al Harrington, Former NBA Player and Entrepreneur -- Part 2: Canna Culture -- Chapter 6: Nutritious and Delicious Eats, Joline Rivera, Food Media Professional -- Chapter 7: Material for Building a House, Stephen Clarke, Specialist in Hemp-Based Construction -- Chapter 8: Indigenous Empowerment, Mary Jane Oatman, Editor of Tribal Hemp and Cannabis Magazine -- Chapter 9: Fashion, Andrés Rivera, Founder of Hemp Boot Company -- Chapter 10: Narco Ballads . . . and a Religious Icon, Ely Quintero, Corridos Singer -- Chapter 11: Stories behind the Reggae Anthems, Firstman, Creator of Rastafari Indigenous Village -- Part 3: The Fight for Drug War Justice -- Chapter 12: The Reason Why You Went to Prison, Mauro Melgar, Auto Shop Owner and Former Cannabis Prisoner -- Chapter 13: Protest, Miguel Fernández, Cultivator and Founding Member of Plantón 420 -- Chapter 14: A Tool for Fighting Racism and Sexism, Luana Malheiro, Anthropologist and Anti-Prohibition Activist -- Chapter 15: A Way to Learn about Global Politics, Froylán Rascón, Former Participant and Staff Member of an International Drug Education Program -- Chapter 16: How Moms Change the World, Ana Álvarez, Cannabis Cultivation Association Founder.