DTLA Requires An LGBTQIA+ And BIPOC-Driven Marijuana Dispensary
The effort to make cannabis legal and the campaign for LGBTQIA+ people’s rights go hand in hand. That historical connection emerged from marijuana’s illegal consumption as a treatment option when the HIV and AIDS epidemic was at its peak. When AIDS ravaged queer individuals, people such as Mary Rathbun and Dennis Peron advocated for medical cannabis’s...