The three betrayals of the medical cannabis growing activist: From multiple victimhood to reconstruction, redemption and activism

While cannabis has been widely used in the UK for over 50 years, it is only in recent decades that domestic cultivation has become established. Public concern, media reporting and policing policy has emphasised the role of profit motivated criminal organisations often working on a large scale and with coerced labour. However, increasingly, another population are growing for medical reasons, to help themselves and others treat or manage difficult, poorly understood, or incurable conditions.Our study sought to further understand the motives, techniques and interactions of cannabis cultivators through interviews with 48 growers and supplementary ethnographic work.

Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - December 26, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Axel Klein, Gary R. Potter Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research