Lemonati Family Farms has introduced a new Defiance! line of cannabis strains to raise funds and awareness for individuals incarcerated for nonviolent cannabis offenses. Nonprofit Freedom Grow, which works toward helping and freeing these cannabis prisoners, will receive $1 from each sale.

            They chose names for the strains that highlight positions within the cannabis industry, such as The Caregiver, The Grower, The Patient and The Plug. The nuggets are sold in cardboard milk cartons, evoking missing person advertisements that used to be found on milk cartons, with a QR code that links to stories of cannabis prisoners and information about the product.

            The owners say, “Whether as a caregiver, patient, grower or a plug [distributor], many have found themselves facing 20 to 40 years or more in prison for actions now considered legal in more than a dozen states.”

            Freedom Grow Vice President Randy Lanier says, “We are grateful for their compassion, kindness, generosity and willingness to pay it forward. It is a blessing to the many families still suffering from this failed war on drugs.”

Defiance! is available at dispensaries in Michigan. Location: 826 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing.  For more information, visit LemonatiMI.com.