A Little Old Lady's Weed Brownies Changed The World

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Brownie Mary's "magically delicious marijuana brownies" brought healing and joy to thousands of AIDS and cancer patients in San Francisco, even as she shouted down the police and took on City Hall. As this self-described "little old lady" once declared, shortly after being released from lock-up: "If the narcs think I'm gonna stop baking brownies for my kids with AIDS, they can go fuck themselves in Macy's window," We're proudly re-posting this episode from Season 1 of Great Moments in Weed History as the conclusion of our month-long Pride celebration. Special thanks to our sponsor Tweedle Farms for supporting this podcast, including this special Pride series of episodes! PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video shows and seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book or signature lighter. And it truly helps us make the best show possible.

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0:00.0	Hey, how's it going, folks? It's Abdullah and Bean.
0:03.3	And what you're about to hear is part of our month-long celebration of pride here on Great Moments in Weed History.
0:12.9	We had an episode with Jessamine Stanley.
0:15.8	We did a re-release of our episode about Dennis Perron.
0:18.9	And what you're about to hear is our episode on another
0:22.0	San Francisco cannabis activism icon Brownie Mary. Isn't that right, Bean? Yeah, the word
0:29.1	legend gets thrown around with pretty good reason on this show quite often, but Brownie
0:34.6	Mary is an icon of cannabis, of kindness, of the gay community, and of this
0:43.1	intersection between activism, brownies, and cannabis that really changed everything in California
0:53.1	and around the world.
0:55.0	Yeah, absolutely. And this is another crucial story for anyone trying to understand the history of cannabis legalization in the United States.
1:04.0	And just a really cool and inspiring figure.
1:09.0	I mean, this is a grandma who was going around giving people pot brownies
1:14.7	for the various ailments that they were suffering for, and she became a really important person
1:19.7	in the scene during the AIDS epidemic of the 80s and 90s. We, I think, got more emails and Instagram messages about this Brownie Mary episode than
1:31.7	anything that we've done. I think it's a story a lot of people didn't know anything about
1:36.4	going into, and by the time they were done, they had a new icon in their life. We actually had
1:42.1	somebody send us a picture who went as Brownie Mary for
1:46.1	Halloween and actually gave out magical brownies to adults with their consent and understanding.
1:54.0	And that really touched us and really made us remind us of the importance to not just celebrate
2:00.7	the famous people who happen to love weed
2:04.2	and have a great weed story, but the people from our own community who became icons
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