A group of mothers in southern California have recently developed a new organization celebrating their preferred method of improving their parenting – marijuana. The Beverly Hills Cannabis Club was founded by 53-year-old Cheryl Shuman, the self-proclaimed “Martha Stewart of Marijuana.” The club which bills itself as “The Exclusive Club for High Society” holds regular meetings and dinner parties where local women can meet and talk about their legal cannabis use in the context of parenting. The club’s website now boasts over 1,000 members from across the globe.
The women claim that their seemingly unlikely (or maybe not so hard to imagine) parenting enhancement of choice makes them better parents and their kids agree. One mother featured in the video claims that her ten-year-old son will advise her to “medicate” herself when he can see that she is in pain, which she uses to justify her use. “If your ten-year-old child is ok with it, I think adults should be ok with it.” Shuman’s daughter states that her mother is a much better parent when she uses cannabis compared to her earlier use of prescription drugs following a divorce.
The group’s goal is to advocate for the legalization of marijuana in the United States by changing the image of everyday users. To them, marijuana acts as a way to “take the edge off, while remaining functional and checked in” and doesn’t negatively affect their parenting. Talking to their children about their drug use has been challenging for some of the moms as some of the kids do not understand or agree with it. Most of the mothers in the club make an effort to be as responsible and healthy as possible with their habit by choosing to cook elaborate dinners using cannabis-infused oils or vaporizing it instead of smoking. You’ll find us “parenting” too at 4:20.
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