We wouldn’t have modern day cannabis legalization if it weren’t for the sustained work of LGBTQIA+ activists. We want to honor and thank the trailblazers before us, who fought tooth and nail for medical cannabis rights. These folks sacrificed so much for their community and for us all.

June, #pridemonth , is about celebrating our freedom of expression and the inherent beauty in our natural ways of being that have been unfairly stigmatized for so long. But for the cannabis community it is also a sorely needed opportunity to recognize and honor the gay community's crucial role in pioneering medical marijuana programs in response to the AIDS crisis, to which we all owe a deep debt of gratitude.⁣⁣⁣