Pot, Politics & Patience | Steph Sherer vs. the System
How Americans for Safe Access Changed the Game
"When Steph Sherer founded Americans for Safe Access (ASA) in 2002, she never expected she’d still be doing this work more than 20 years later. She was also taking a high dose of anti-inflammatories every day for a painful chronic disease. And despite her young age, she was experiencing early-onset kidney failure because of it.
Although medical marijuana was technically legal in California at the time, the feds were fighting it hard, with only 11 dispensaries in the whole country. Meanwhile, Steph was running out of tenable options. When her doctor closed the office door and quietly suggested she try pot, it was a much more attractive option than a kidney transplant."
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