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The root of all healing and physical comfort is the ability to
eat, sleep and be pain-free. This is the foundation of all medical
treatment. Our own Mary Jane offers all three to her patients, and
frequently marijuana is recommended as a support to other pre-
scribed medications and treatments.
The female influence is being expressed subtly, yet in a to-
tally professional approach to the dispensaries role in today’s so-
ciety. What was once flanked with armed guards is now being
invaded by nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists, herbalists and
those with a healing/caring nature.
passage of Proposition 215 in 1996, usually
came through a male family member or
friend. The clandestine-underground nature
of obtaining marijuana caused many females
pause. It did not stop women, especially those in need of
pain relief, and those caring for the critically and terminally
ill, but it cloaked the experience with uneasiness. It usually
involved getting medication through a network of known
people, but it didn’t change or lighten the experience.
The personal risk and social consequences involved with
growing or possessing quantities of marijuana, medical or other-
wise is still tremendous. It can and often does involve the loss of
child custody, dissolution of family and jail or prison time. This is
a risk few women, wives and mothers are willing to take thus dis-
tancing the female influence from cannabis for a sustained period
of time.
Now, with more social sanction, females are coming to the
forefront of the medical cannabis field. By coming out of the closet
in a public way, the female influence is being felt throughout Cali-
fornia and in the other states with medical cannabis laws. They
are active in dispensaries across the state and throughout all as-
pects of the medical cannabis community. The hard-edge of barbed
wired and weapons are being exchanged for a more hands-on femi-
nine approach to this most female of plants.
Without speaking too broadly about the differences in the
approach of the genders to marijuana, it is safe to say that the fe-
male plant and the female human do share
theoretical
common
ground. Traditionally, however not exclusively, females are thought
of as nurturing, and are frequently caretakers of the very young,
old, sick and injured. Certainly, the use of marijuana as medicine
has been passed from mother to daughter in the more indigenous
populations of Mexico, and the Americas. Even now, this infor-
mation is being passed as it always has been in the geographic
areas where folk-medicine prevails over contemporary health care.
Women pass recipes for healing potions, salves, teas, soups
and mixed herbal concoctions which include cannabis to treat any
number of health troubles from menstrual cramps, to geriatric con-
ditions and general maladies occurring in everyday life. It is the
same as learning to treat a cold, or bandaging a small wound. The
lessons are not so much taught, as they are learned. Most of us
have learned our traditional ways of treating common maladies
or some sort of home remedies for common injuries and ailments.
“… there is a hunger for
normalized approach to ob
The infusion of the feminine seems appropriate and lends
balance to the medical cannabis community. Certainly, there is
room for female expression in a community where
there is a hunger
for a more comfortable, normalized approach to obtaining medicine.
Highly visible security is giving way to less visible, yet
equally as effective security measures. The dispensaries are reflect-
ing more comfort, efficiency, compassion and professionalism
which was somewhat present in the early days of the male-ori-
ented dispensaries, but it is being expressed in a more open and
embracing way. Women seem to foster less paranoia, and certainly
bring a true passion to their work.
Women of various ages and from diverse backgrounds are
bringing their areas of expertise to the forefront of the medical
cannabis community. Most have left successful professional lives
to fulfill what they consider the most important work of their lives.
All have taken untold risks, and met overwhelming challenges to
be in the position to work directly with medical cannabis patients.
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JoAnna
,
of The Farmacy
located in West Hollywood is a li-
censed pharmacist specializing in geriatrics. She brings to her work
an extensive medical background and over 20-years experience as
an herbalist. Although, of course, she is not involved with dis-
pensing pharmaceutical drugs at
The Farmacy,
working knowledge
does give her the edge in understanding the interaction of pre-
scription medications and how herbs, including medical cannabis,
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The Rising Female Influence in the
Medical Cannabis Community
can augment and support prescribed treatments. She is capable of
advising patients about strains, and methods of ingestion and other
herbs. Her experience includes a vast working knowledge of herbs
including medical cannabis to balance medications for optimal
results.
It is JoAnna’s extensive hospice work that brought her to
understand the value cannabis brings to the sick, and terminally
ill. She saw the results of prescribed synthetic cannabis and came
to realize that it is not one element of cannabis that is effective but
rather the whole plant that is necessary to relieve pain, stimulate
tions because of the social stigma attached and as a way of dis-
tancing themselves from stereotypical associations with cannabis.
This is what Shay plans on changing.
Shay is interested in the wholesome nature of cannabis and
bringing this message and viewpoint to her patients and to future
patients. Shay appreciates family values and would like to see
medical cannabis reflect those values. Shay envisions a future
where local dispensaries operate much like any other family-
owned business to serve the neighborhood’s needs in the style
and tone that is most comfortable. She is also concerned that the
standard for quality of medical cannabis remains high and does
not become diluted as the medical value becomes more accepted
by the mainstream.
for a more comfortable,
obtaining medicine.”
Lisa
, of
Greenway Compassionate Relief
in Santa Cruz, (featured
in the Fall, 2006 issue of
Greenkind
) has ventured where none have
gone before. Armed with her well written proposals, and her vi-
sion of a model dispensary, she sought and won city approval and
state sanction.
A cancer survivor, Lisa learned the value of medical mari-
juana and the importance of a well run, well stocked, fully-func-
tioning dispensary where the patient is the focal point. She knows
first hand what patients desire from a dispensary.
Santa Cruz patients have the option to enjoy a true sense of
security having the knowledge of full local authority and state
acknowledgement. It took fortitude and faith for Lisa to meet ev-
ery requirement and working through the endless glitches of the
governmental maze. Steadily, she moved forward, overcoming
obstacles and after two years of hard work, celebrated the first
anniversary of
Greenway
, late last year.
Lisa’s vision has not stopped with the completion of the dis-
pensary. The lack of standardized, trained and licensed dispen-
sary security, caught her attention and has urged her on to form a
new company now in its early stages of development and appro-
priately named,
Greenshield
, specializing in dispensary security.
appetite and give comfort.
JoAnna gave the example that while only one plant chemi-
cal of the echinacea plant is used today, there are hundreds of ac-
tive ingredients not being used from the plant. The use of the whole
plant, JoAnna explains, creates a synergistic or more complete
chemical interaction. Her conviction today is about choice. There
are options available to aid with relaxation for example; medical
cannabis, kava, Chinese herbs and pharmaceutical drugs each can
produce about the same effect, depending on the individual pa-
tient. JoAnna is convinced that medical cannabis is one avenue to
allow death with dignity. In her extensive hospice work, she has
witnessed the positive effects of cannabis giving comfort and ease
to patients when they need it the very most.
Shay
, of
Mr. Nice Guy
in San Francisco is the youngest of our
profile group. At age 23, she brings to her dispensary a different,
very refreshing attitude. She has her eye on the future. Her first
move upon coming to
Mr. Nice Guy
was to change the counter
staff to an all female team. Her vision of the future involves the
humanitarian impact alternative medical options bring to the pub-
lic at large. She is especially dedicated to people of color becom-
ing more educated about the medical options, including medical
cannabis, available today.
She sees that many suffer needlessly because they do not
know that relief is available. Many people of color shy away from
medical cannabis as a support for or treatment of medical condi-
These women and the hundreds if not thousands like them
are setting the standard in dispensary operation and patient care.
They bring dignity and a bright future to medical cannabis in Cali-
fornia and beyond. It is their willingness, conviction and effort
that is changing the form, function, image and social significance
of medical cannabis. Most likely, they do not realize the profound
difference their labors bring to the
quality of life
for cannabis pa-
tients now and in the future.
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