Mary Jane Rathbun

Mary Jane Rathbun

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1922 - 1999

Occupation

Activist

Description

Cannabis rights activist. As a hospital volunteer, secretly baked cannabis-infused brownies for medical and AIDS patients and was arrested on several occasions. Lobbied for legalization of the drug for medicinal purposes. Helped create the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, the first medical cannabis dispensary in the United States.

See Also

• Global LGBTQ HIV/AIDS Activists
• Cannabis Legalization and the LGBTQ Community

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/lansterdam-remembering-cannabis-activist-brownie-mary,57320
• https://seoklaw.com/legal-news/the-case-of-brownie-mary-the-reefer-madness-grandma/
• https://www.bonappetit.com/story/brownie-mary

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