) Thrive SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE (
WEED FOR LIFE
Local cannabis growers keep an eye
on healthy, sustainable practices
by Rick Levin
w
hen it comes to weed, a clutch of competing cannabis
mythologies seems to guide our collective imagination,
each one containing seeds of truth and shakes of
misinformation and ignorance.
One of the more subtle myths surrounding cannabis
goes something like this: “Dude, it’s all good. Weed is a
product of the earth, God-given, and we are meant simply to grow it,
smoke it and enjoy. Unlike alcohol, weed never hurt anybody. It’s just
a plant, for goodness sake.”
MIC AH GRIFFIN
PHOTO BY TODD COOPER
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