Medical Cannabis and the Female Body

Medical Cannabis and the Female Body

I recently read this article and I have to admit I am torn on this issue.

On one hand, I want medical cannabis to be respected and legitimized; on the other hand I want women to be respected and legitimized without limiting their healthy expressions of their beautiful selves.

I can totally understand the perspective that the author of that article presents and I appreciate him bringing up such an important issue. I am just wondering if there was a perspective or areas of this topic that weren’t addressed.

I am both a medical cannabis patient who suffers from life-altering medical condition and a very attractive woman who enjoys dressing up and celebrating my natural beauty. It is impossible to separate those two things from myself (at least at this point in my life). And I image it would be difficult to separate those two things out of this community of unique and diverse patients.

To me, it’s all about being healthy. Just as there are healthier ways to consume cannabis, there are healthier ways of representing cannabis and healther ways for women to be attractive and even sensual. And here I do have to say that I am a bit concerned about just how healthy some of those ways of representing cannabis are and the women surrounding it were at the THC Expose.

I don’t want people to think that just because we’re patients we all have to look as sick and injured as we can and wear the most unattractive clothes as we can to legitimize and respect cannabis and our bodies.

I know several very healthy-minded and attractive women who have great sex appeal and still represent medical cannabis in healthy ways. Take Sarah Diesel for an example, she gets all dolled up for events and looks great. She even does pin-up calendars and sexy photo layouts for cannabis publication.

Why should anyone ask her to change who she is or what she does, if she’s doing it in healthy ways? And who are we to judge her based off of that.

At the same time, I doubt Sarah Diesel was the type of girl that the above author was concerned about and I have to admit I was uncomfortable with some of the half-naked, body-painted women at the Expose. And some of them didn’t bother me at all. I guess we all have our levels of comfort.

Another thing that sticks out in my mind was a very sexily dressed woman that was visually a medical cannabis patient. By that, I mean it was obvious that she suffered from serious life-altering medical condition (although I could not tell you what that condition is) and she seemed to be having a good time.

I cannot say what her story is because I didn’t actually stop and talk to her but I assumed it probably felt really good for her to be dressed up and out in front of so many people representing a medicine that has helped her.

Why should she have to suppress that part of her that makes her feel like a woman? It’s probably very difficult for women like her to feel 100% sexy while dealing with such health issues. So, why cannot see show off some skin, in hopes of attracting a loving partner? Does't she deserve to find happiness through her body (even if that body is causing her so much trouble)?

I find it ironic that the marijuana plant that we consume is the female version of the plant which is so heavily prohibited and the female body has gone through and still struggles with its own prohibitions both legally and socially.

So how do we find healthy ways to promote cannabis and allow women to express themselves in healthy, yet sexy ways?