Brownie Mary: The Compassionate Activist Behind Medical Cannabis

Article Summary

In the midst of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, a remarkable grandmother, known as Brownie Mary , became a beacon of hope for patients suffering from the disease. At San Francisco General Hospital, Mary Jane Rathbun volunteered, baking hundreds of cannabis -infused brownies to ease the pain and discomfort of AIDS patients . Her selfless act was not without risk; she faced arrest multiple times for distributing medical marijuana , challenging the law with her compassionate activism. As an...