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Susie Bright: The Story Behind Pot Medicine

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Today, on my In Bed podcast, I interview Wendy Chapkis, author of Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine.

Wendy and her co-author Richard Webb conducted extensive interviews with members of WAMM (The Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana) – the patient collective that exemplifies the “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” ethos when it comes to pot medicine.

In this excerpt, Wendy talks a bit about how boring ole’ cannabis became demon “mari-juana,” in D.E.A. history.

Listen to an excerpt

Read an introduction to Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine (PDF).

(Susie Bright is a guest blogger)

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