Marijuana: A Love Story with Derrick Jensen 04/01/2022

Marijuana legalization - that long-deferred dream of stoners everywhere- is overtaking the nation. No longer will people be imprisoned for decades for possession of a plant. No longer will patients be denied cannabis needed for medical treatment. Even folks who just want to get high will have easy, safe access. But for many that dream has become a nightmare. Legalization has achieved one thing: the wholesale handover of marijuana to a few large corporations...From seed to smoke, legalization is eroding the lives and livelihoods of the people it was supposed to help: the patients, growers, trimmers, "mules", and activists who created the colorful and committed culture that is now under threat. Derrick Jensen is an author of more than twenty-five books, including Marijuana: A Love Story. He is also a teacher, activist, and small farmer, and was named the "poet-philosopher of the ecological movement" by Democracy Now!