The Truth About the Plant: Why aren't women allowed to use cannabis?

International Women's Month may be over, but its always a good time to talk about gender oppression and liberation! There are long held expectations about a woman's role and her place in society. The idea of women using any intoxicating substance has been frowned upon due to the assumptions that she is the caretaker of children and her husband, and that the use of such substances may lead her to question this role and the entire basis of the patriarchy. In this episode, we get into why and how women have been discouraged from using substances like cannabis, the role of paternalism, and what YOU can do to shake things up.