About Pamela West

Hemp Food and Fashion Activist…Gardener…Medical Cannabis Patient

My long time passion is Mary Jane

I came into cannabis for medical reasons and found that there were so many ways that the cannabis plant could be healthfully brought into my passions of heath, food, and fashion.

When I first discovered using cannabis for medicine I was in a chronic poor health situation that I have dealt with since childhood and was desperately searching for alternatives to the drugs and surgery offered to me by my doctors. Cannabis turned out to be the ideal gentle yet powerful plant medicine for my ongoing condition and who would potentially be using it for a very long time if not the rest of my life. I discovered all the ways to use it medicinally by going to medical cannabis farmer’s markets that existed where I was living at the time and meeting farmers and other patients. Within cannabis, I also discovered a cultured community that was refreshingly inclusive and also in a major transition from prohibition to modern legalization.

I also soon discovered that to have regular access to all the ways that I consume I needed to learn how grow my own cannabis to make my own infused edibles, topicals, juices, hash, and tinctures.

Through cannabis, I have been able to care for such health issues as chronic back pain, migraines, muscle spasms, depression, and anxiety. With one plant I am able to holistically reduce my body pain, balance my nervous system, and relax enough to be present and enjoy the moment.

I discovered cannabis was also food.

I started eating my medical cannabis plants and was taught by the plant a valuable lesson on how potent cannabis can in all its forms, even if it’s not making you feel high.

Then, I met a handsome, fashionable man who was wearing all clothing made with hemp.

I was sparked by that idea and shortly after tried doing the same- only getting brand new clothes if they were made with hemp. It took a lot of hunting to find the hemp pieces that are in my closet now. The quest has taught me much about hemp textiles, where they come from, and how they are processed. I love being able to use fashion as a way to destigmatize the plant ever more.

My ambition is to keep spreading the hemp message started by Jack Herer who has also inspired so many of my cannabis cultured friends that continue to change the world with a plant.