Cannabis After Birth: Redefining Motherhood
Written By Casey Renteria
If you have ever had a c-section you already know coughing, sneezing, laughing, really everything can make you feel like you’re just going to collapse into a puddle. It’s not a great feeling at all, and not one I’d want to mix with a high.
For the first few weeks, I avoided smoking because I was literally afraid to cough. Immediately after being moved from the observation room to my recovery room, I got motion sick (which I knew would happen). There is no feeling that compares to your empty stomach dumping its contents, while several people hold compression on your core and incision site. I never wanted to feel that again… and I think that is really where my fear came from.
Recreational Medicine: Rethinking Cannabis in the Age of Legalization
Written By Benjamin Gold
Cannabis usage continues to grow in the United States, but our framing of it remains archaic, reflecting a non-existent binary that cannabis is either medicinal or recreational. Yet, the truth is that as more Americans use cannabis, they are discovering that its recreational benefits are just as important as the medicinal.
Today, while the fight for cannabis takes place across the U.S, we can do our part by shaking off the notion that cannabis can only be either recreational or medicinal. Instead, we must promote it as the plant that can elevate all aspects of life.
From Red to Pink - Part II: The Backstory
Written By Lindsey Gunter
THE BACKSTORY: Have you ever seen that movie, “The Wolf of Wall Street”? You know the part where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character is dragging himself for dear life to his car on quaaludes? Yeah, some of us watch that and can’t laugh nor stare in disbelief; we only remember seeing our loved one(s) like that in real life. Watching that scene immediately transported me to the parking lot of my middle school in Houston.
My dad, who was having a major back spasm and seizing inside the open trunk, was asking me to not tell mom I had to drive us home (again). I was waving the rich girls of the local neighborhood off with a smile, dismissing the situation as handled, just so they could walk the short distance home to their own lovely, messed up lives where they threw themselves down flights of stairs to frame new stepmothers.
You’re Invited
Written By Kaitlin Coghill
Hello sweet portal,
we meet once more.
It took only two puffs
to open the door.
The Token Chosen: Jews, Joints, and Cannabis’ Continuing Role in Jewish History
Written By Benjamin Gold
The Jewish relationship with cannabis stretches through time immemorial - from the ancient Israelite priests to the modern-day activists who fight for restorative justice. As doctors reassess their understanding of cannabis, which has been tinged by decades of racist government propaganda, it’s important to look back and see how our people have historically approached cannabi as well as its role in shaping society and criminal justice. For curious stoners, the new exhibit at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Am Yisrael High: The Story of Jews and Cannabis, enlightens members of the tribe as to its forgotten history with cannabis.