Sue Taylor, a cannabis pioneer of the ‘Reefer Madness’ generation, helps seniors find their way to marijuana as a medicine.
Sue Taylor remembers a time when propaganda promoting the fear of marijuana was at a fever pitch — she admits that she used to think cannabis was “just as bad” as heroin or cocaine.
“I never had any intention of getting involved in the cannabis industry. You know, ‘Reefer Madness’ really did a number on me and my generation.” Taylor says. “I was taught that it was a very bad drug that made people do bad things — especially Black people. And, at the time, I believed it.”
“He told me all of it could be funded by marijuana. Of course, I didn’t buy any of that, but I told him to send me the information that had convinced him of what I thought was an absolutely ridiculous claim,” she says.
That was before a conversation changed the direction of her life forever and began her transformation from a retired Catholic school principal to a dedicated leader, fearless trailblazer and passionate advocate of medical cannabis access for seniors.
It was about 10 years ago when her son, then a student at Oaksterdam University — Oakland’s cannabis trade school — told her he’d figured out a way to fund her dream of opening a holistic medical center for seniors where patients could practice yoga, meditate, receive acupuncture and participate in a nutritional program. She had no idea he would point her towards the cannabis industry.
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