Cannabis refugee

'''Cannabis refugee''' (or '''marijuana refugee''') is a term, primarily used in the United States and Canada, referring to people who have moved from one location to another due to cannabis prohibition laws, motivated either by a desire to have legal access to cannabis to treat medical conditions for themselves or their family, or to legally consume cannabis for any other reason.<ref name="Colorado Springs Gazette">{{cite web | url=http://gazette.com/families-of-children-with-epilepsy-moving-to-colorado-drawn-by-success-of-marijuana-oil/article/1507895 | title=Families of children with epilepsy moving to Colorado, drawn by success of marijuana oil | work=The Gazette | date=October 20, 2013 | accessdate= | author=Philipps, Dave }}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/10/health/medical-marijuana-refugees/ | title=Medical marijuana refugees: 'This was our only hope' | work=CNN | date=March 10, 2014 | accessdate= | author=Young, Saundra }}</ref> A related term is '''trimmigrant''', which refers to migrant workers who travel to the Emerald Triangle during the summer to work on the seasonal marijuana harvest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Being a 'trimmigrant' is one of the hardest jobs in the marijuana black market|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/life-of-trimmigrants-2016-10|last=Robinson|first=Melia|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref>

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==External links==

*http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/12/09/marijuana-refugees-wounded-veterans-willing-move-medicinal-pot.html *http://wnpr.org/post/connecticut-medical-marijuana-refugees-will-stay-maine *https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/marijuana-refugees-looking-new-homes-pot-legal-states-n22781 *https://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/9/marijuana_refugees_virginia_family_moves_to *http://www.derryjournal.com/news/billy-caldwell-s-big-brother-kyle-is-bringing-cannabis-run-to-derry-1-7714964 (Ireland) *http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/marijuana-refugees-families-relocating-to-colorado-so-kids-can-use/article_0e0670aa-dabb-11e3-8c2d-0019bb2963f4.html *https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/0327/How-marijuana-refugees-brought-legal-cannabis-to-Georgia-video *http://www.dopemagazine.com/love-cannabis-will-travel/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806195553/http://www.dopemagazine.com/love-cannabis-will-travel/ |date=2016-08-06 }} *http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/world/europe/dutch-law-would-stop-sale-of-marijuana-to-tourists.html (2012 attestation of the term)

Category:Cannabis prohibition Category:Cannabis and health Category:Refugees by type