Marian Coon never smoked moldy weed before getting into the cannabis industry. Self described “bitter, jaded, and burnt tf out cannabis worker,” Marian describes her experience in cannabis advocacy and activism, and how she witnessed the conditions of the pandemic spread weed smoking. In this episode, she speaks of her disappointment towards the medical market, which favors quotas and deadlines over people’s health and safety.


She also describes her first experience with drugs- snorting methamphetamine at 11 years old. A cannabis advocate helped her get free from addiction as a late teen and soon she became involved with events such as Hempfest and hasn’t stopped advocating for the plant since. Now as a parent, she has repeatedly had age-appropriate discussions with her child about the plant that she calls “The Reverse Dare Talk.” In her early 40s, she’s witnessed and participated in nearly 30 years of plant engagement and is in all rights an expert.

Season 2: Episode 7 - Puffing while Parenting and The Reverse D.A.R.E. Talk with Marian Coon

Exploring the political, spiritual, medical, and racial world of our ancestors favorite plant through the lens of two Black stoner scientists.🌳

Season 2: Episode 7 - Puffing while Parenting and The Reverse D.A.R.E. Talk with Marian Coon

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