By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In recent years, Idaho has become an island in the sea of changing marijuana laws in the nation. It shares a border with Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. All but Wyoming have legalized recreational or medical use, as well as Canada to the north, which legalized recreational cannabis nationwide in 2018. Idaho is one of six states in the nation where marijuana remains completely illegal, whether for medical or recreational uses.
A volunteer-led organization called Kind Idaho is trying to bring about change in the Gem State’s marijuana prohibition. As of February 2021, Kind Idaho received approval from the Idaho secretary of state to begin gathering signatures across the state, with the goal to put a medical marijuana initiative on the 2022 ballot.
Tracie Carlson, a volunteer coordinator for Kind Idaho based in Hailey, said her lifetime of suffering from migraines made her a proponent of medical cannabis.
“I remember one of my first memories as a child is having a migraine,” she told the Reader.
Illustration by Daniel Cape.
Carlson said she saw several doctors and specialists over the years, some of whom thought she was lying about her pain.
“I was constantly in pain, almost every single day,” Carlson said. “I was prescribed Demerol, and had to travel to Twin Falls to a pain clinic once a month.”
The travel, as well as the effects of her migraines caused Carlson to miss between three and four weeks of work every…
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By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In recent years, Idaho has become an island in the sea of changing marijuana laws in the nation. It shares a border with Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. All but Wyoming have legalized recreational or medical use, as well as Canada to the north, which legalized recreational cannabis nationwide in 2018. Idaho is one of six states in the nation where marijuana remains completely illegal, whether for medical or recreational uses.
A volunteer-led organization called Kind Idaho is trying to bring about change in the Gem State’s marijuana prohibition. As of February 2021, Kind Idaho received approval from the Idaho secretary of state to begin gathering signatures across the state, with the goal to put a medical marijuana initiative on the 2022 ballot.
Tracie Carlson, a volunteer coordinator for Kind Idaho based in Hailey, said her lifetime of suffering from migraines made her a proponent of medical cannabis.
“I remember one of my first memories as a child is having a migraine,” she told the Reader.
Illustration by Daniel Cape.
Carlson said she saw several doctors and specialists over the years, some of whom thought she was lying about her pain.
“I was constantly in pain, almost every single day,” Carlson said. “I was prescribed Demerol, and had to travel to Twin Falls to a pain clinic once a month.”
The travel, as well as the effects of her migraines caused Carlson to miss between three and four weeks of work every…
