420 Girl – Cheri Hackett
Cheri Hackett, co owner of BotanaCare, carries bags of the company's sample packs of various strains of marijuana prepared for the store opening in Northglenn, Colorado.
420 Girl – Yamileth Bolanos
When the Los Angeles City Council finishes its marijuana ordinance, it is likely to inflame this increasingly contentious debate over how the drug can be distributed. The conflict hinges on the state's 2003 medical marijuana law and almost entirely on a single sentence. "The law's screwed up in a lot of ways. There's big gaping holes," said Yamileth Bolanos,...
420 Girl – Sarah Whiteley
Sarah Whiteley and her husband, Shawn Aman, had operated their shop near Lebanon, Oregon for one year before Linn County imposed a one-year moratorium on allowing medical marijuana dispensaries outside of incorporated cities. She and her husband attended hearings about the issue by the Albany City Council. When the council approved dispensaries, they began searching for available buildings within...
420 Girl – Lindsey Rinehart
They are known as "marijuana refugees", people who have relocated or are planning to move because pot is now legal in some states. At least anecdotally, advocates say they're hearing from plenty of families who want in. "As soon as we have the intake form up, we're swamped with requests," said Lindsey Rinehart, co-founder of Undergreen Railroad, which helps...
420 Girl – Isa Aron
When Isa Aron, pictured, walked into the medical marijuana dispensary, her first words were, "I'm here because I have pain. I do not want to get high." An unassuming woman in her early 60s with perfect skin and ghost-white hair cropped short like a schoolboy's, she had been suffering from peripheral neuropathy. The soles of her feet hurt. There...
