ACTUALIST FOR LIFE
THIS NEXT VETERAN AND CANNABIS ACTIVIST I HAD THE pleasure of interviewing is a very dear friend that I hold in the highest regard. Cat Jeter, known as “Grandma Cat” on the West Coast, is one of the most well-known cannabis activists in the Pacific Northwest, and one of the most influential cannabis activists I have ever known. The first time I heard the phrase “civil disobedience” was from her.
During my first year as a veteran (2010-2011), I often found myself simply watching and listening to her. Jeter’s devotion and dedication to cannabis legalization was and to this day is contagious. Any time and at our veteran events if we needed to get the crowd pumped up, she was our go-to motivational speaker. Jeter showed me a passion for politics I had never seen or witnessed. She taught me to say with confidence and conviction exactly what
