When Emel, 34, consumed cannabis for the first time, it wasn’t at a house party with a cloud of smoke drifting up and onward, or any other clichéd scene that programs like D.A.R.E. used to warn her about — nor was it this great act of rebellion or dissent by an angsty American teen.
It was 2009, and Emel, who omitted her last name to avoid drug-use stigma at her job, was at a backyard barbecue h...
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