Location:

Anatomy Building, JZ Young Lecture Theatre G29

Medical Sciences and Anatomy Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT

Zoom Link: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/99342982623

Abstract:

At this present moment, we are a lot of overwhelming issues in our world. How can we use cannabis as one of many sustainable solutions to tackle some of the issues of climate change, poverty, housing, plastics, poisoned soils and water, and our health crisis? I will offer ways on how we can come into right relationships with the cannabis plant and be in sacred reciprocal relationships rather than in an unhealthy and commodified one, and how this can aid in our healing. We will discuss ways to decolonize the plant and rectify the racist laws of prohibition.

Biography: 

Angela Prusa has been an advocate for the legalization of cannabis in her home country of Namibia for the past six years, where she founded the Cannabis and Hemp Association of Namibia. She views cannabis as a solution to many of the issues facing communities, such as lack of housing, lack of jobs, and inadequate healthcare, as well as issues such as climate change. She is a cannabinoid practitioner and the co-founder of Roots Herbal, a natural therapeutic cannabis creation that supports hundreds of people with a range of ailments on their health journeys. Angela is a NADA Acupuncture Practitioner for Trauma and Addiction and has set up various projects to support people in vulnerable communities and street-based people with addiction. For Angela, reverence, respect for medicine and Earth, and community support are the foundations of her projects.