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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.Less than a month after coming out of the cannabis closet, I found myself a part of the world’s largest annual gathering centered around cannabis: Seattle Hempfest. After several years of working as a local news reporter and anchor and hiding my cannabis use at all costs, I was suddenly speaking to hundreds of people about exactly that.
Calling my Hempfest experience surreal would be an understatement. Being my first-ever cannabis-related event, it was pretty great being thrust into the mix.
Starting with the VIP Party Friday night, I quickly realized I was surrounded by history-makers in the legal marijuana movement. I saw and met a number of noteworthy people, including fellow Eugene resident, Elvy Musikka.
Believe it or not, Elvy receives legal marijuana from the Federal Government, and has since 1988. (And she’s not alone, three other people are also still a part of the Compassionate...
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