Ep 5 The Pandemic of the 80s  Wayne Justman gives us a first-hand account of working with Dennis Peron inside of the world's first medical marijuana club.  This episode takes a deep dive into the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s. Called the "gay plague", it was largely ignored by the White House and the CDC as thousands of people died in the gay community. Even after President Ronald Reagan acknowledged it in 1985, they were still in danger from the war on drugs.

Ep 5 The Pandemic of the 80s Wayne Justman gives us a first-hand account of working with Dennis Peron inside of the world's first medical marijuana club. This episode takes a deep dive into the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s. Called the "gay plague", it was largely ignored by the White House and the CDC as thousands of people died in the gay community. Even after President Ronald Reagan acknowledged it in 1985, they were still in danger from the war on drugs.

Ep 5 The Pandemic of the 80s&nbsp; Wayne Justman gives us a first-hand account of working with Dennis Peron inside of the world's first medical marijuana club.&nbsp;&nbsp;This episode takes a deep dive into the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s. Called the "gay plague", it was largely ignored by the White House and the CDC as thousands of people died in the gay community. Even after President Ronald Reagan acknowledged it in 1985, they were still in danger from the war on drugs.

The Pandemic of the 80s

Hollow Tree History is a podcast for anyone who wants to understand the history of the cannabis movement. Many of the canna activists are dying and their stories are dying with them. We are preserving those histories with the first-hand accounts of the people who were and are there.

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