Without trailblazers and change-makers, people who put a cause for the greater well-being ahead of their own interests, change can’t happen. The cannabis landscape is what it is today because of people who, long before marijuana gained mainstream acceptance, risked it all so people could benefit from a plant that so many others, especially lawmakers, hated. These trailblazers could see the benefits of marijuana long before most. As Bruce Cockburn states in his song Lovers in a Dangerous Time, “You’ve got to kick at the darkness ’til it bleeds daylight.” The five people we feature in this issue of Hydrolife did just that, and as a result half of all Americans now live in a state where some form of marijuana is legal and soon, all of Canada will have access to medical and recreational marijuana.
