by Alia Volz
Schwartz, Matthew S. “San Francisco to Expunge Thousands of Marijuana Convictions.” NPR.org, February 26, 2019, https://www.npr.org/2019/02/26/698045482/san-francisco-to-expunge-thousands-of-marijuana-convictions.
Witt, Emily. “How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Marijuana.” The New Yorker, May 20, 2019.
Image Credits
Chapter header illustrations 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, and epilogue by Doug Volz, used courtesy of the artist; chapter header illustrations 2, 4, 6, 9, 14, 15, and 17 by Meridy Volz, used courtesy of the artist; and chapter header illustration 3 by Stan Flouride, used courtesy of the artist.
All photos are courtesy of the author, with the exception of: “Meridy and Doug on their Wedding Day” by Eugene Phillips. Used courtesy of the photographer, a man for all seasons. “Word Spreads on Castro Street” by Dan Clowry. Used courtesy of the photographer. “Sticky Fingers Brownies” taken by Laurence Cherniak, previously published in The Great Books of Cannabis, Volume I: Book II (Cherniak/Damele Publishing, 1983). Used by permission of the photographer. “Phillip,” oil pastel on paper, by Meridy Volz, 1990. Used courtesy of the artist.
About the Author
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ALIA VOLZ is a homegrown San Franciscan. Her writing has appeared in The Best American Essays, the New York Times, Tin House, and elsewhere. She was a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and a Ucross Foundation resident, a runner-up of The Moth’s GrandSLAM Championship, and has been featured on the PRX podcast Criminal. She lives in San Francisco.
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