Power Plants: The Ancestral Connection of Cannabis with Contemporary Society
From ancient China to São Paulo in 2023, understand how the global history of cannabis in rituals has shaped the relationship we have with the plant
By André Skortzaru
Winter of 2023. End of a sunny day, dry weather in São Paulo. On her electric bike, Hanna Diamba pedals quickly to reach her apartment. She can't wait to land in her cave, in Santa Cecília, a central and trendy neighborhood of the city, feed her cat, water and talk to her plants, take a cleansing herbal bath, and, calmly use the cannabis she grows herself to relax, relieve her physical and emotional pains.
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