It's Literary with Dr. Bridget Cole Williams

How’s it growing folks?! Welcome back to the latest and greatest episode of Here Weed Go! I'm your host, Eddie Celaya, cannabis reporter at TucsonMarijuanaGuide.com.

As a journalist who covers the cannabis space, I always try to look out for other reporters, writers and authors who are working in the industry, as well. It helps me keep up to date on what’s happening in this ever changing business, and it keeps me off my phone and from streaming too much HBO and YouTube.

Still, a lot of times, coverage of any kind of news can be a little bit negative, and sometimes, you just want an inspiring story and not a deep dive on what local zoning ordinances could mean for potential pot shops.

Enter Dr. Bridget Cole Williams, a board certified physician who has one hell of an inspiring story herself, which we get into in our conversation.

Williams, who once had a traditional medical practice at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, decided to leave the field of traditional medicine behind when she realized that for some of her patients, plant-based medicines, including cannabis, might be more beneficial.

Eventually, she found her way into publishing and is now the author and driving force behind Courage in Cannabis a two-volume collection of testimonials and short stories from everyday people and celebrities that aims to be the Chicken Soup for the Soul of cannabis.

In our interview, Williams and I touch on her personal journey with cannabis and how it has informed both her medical and literary careers within the industry, how she came up with the idea for a series like Courage in Cannabis, and what’s next for Williams and the community she’s created around her books…

In talking with Dr. Bridget, I realized that a lot of what we do is similar: We’re both writers telling stories, obviously, but we’re both ultimately trying to tell people's stories about their experiences with a plant (or derivatives of that plant) that have been life-changing or life shaping for them in some way.

And because that plant has been stigmatized and criminalized for so long, it’s tough to talk about those experiences sometimes, and even tougher to put those experiences to paper for nearly anyone to read.

So I’m proud to be able to tell another storytellers tale, and I hope any of you out there with an inspiring story, or any story with anything that might be less than mainstreamed in society, know you have a safe place to talk about it here.

If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Bridget, Courage in Cannabis or Here Weed Go!, check out these links below:

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For more info on Dr. Bridget Cole Williams: https://www.drbridgetmd.com/

For more on Courage in Cannabis: https://www.courageincannabis.com/

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