“An Irony of Gruesome Proportions:” Cannabiz Contemplates Debt to Pot Offenders

Evelyn LaChapelle never saw her daughter lose a tooth, graduate kindergarten or dance in her first recital. She also missed the funerals for her grandmother and stepmother.

LaChapelle spent five years in federal prison for non-violent cannabis charges. She recounted her experience in a webinar last week along with two other women who, as first-time, non-violent offenders, each spent several years locked up.

Events like these have multiplied in recent weeks to highlight the plight of those imprisoned for cannabis-related offenses and the issues they face as they return to society . . .