Derek Harris , Military Veteran Prison for selling less than 30$ of Cannabis is now free.
Harris has been officially freed from Louisiana State Penitentiary on Aug, 20th. This comes after his serving 9 years of a life sentence that was reduced to time served, thanks to the help of his legal team.
"Supporting Derek did not end with overturning his egregious life sentence and it did not end the day he walked out of Angola," Harris attorney Cormac Boyle said in a statement.
"Righting the harms done to a person through incarceration includes supporting their health, housing, and adjustment to their long-deserved freedom we need all the help we can get," Boyle stated.
In prison Harris worked in the prison hospital has According to CNN. Now that Harris is free he is in need of a job and other resources. His family started a Gofundme to help Harris rebuild (link in bio).
History will be made this month as Entrepreneur Reese Benton (@queenreeseb) is opening the doors to her Cannabis Boutique Posh Green (@poshgreenretail). Making her the first Black Woman to independently own a equity retail Cannabis Dispensary in San Francisco. Posh Green is located in Bayview San Francisco and will feature variety of cannabis & canna-infused products.
Delilah Dalton (@delilahsday), Mother , Wellness Coach and Cannabis Advocate ; Occasionally uses CBD oil to help her 5 year old daughter Egypt. When she has extreme anxiety or tooth aches.
Cannabidiol or CBD is the second most abundant active ingredient of the Cannabis plant.
CBD is extracted from the hemp variety of the cannabis plant which by itself doesn’t cause a ‘high’. .