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Mala Munozis a proudmarijuanera.

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Channing Smith

Munoz herself is the antithesis of the outdated stoner stereotype pop culture so often still reinforces.

Munoz is redefining the term “pothead.”

“I may not have a nine-to-five, but I’m working.

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Muñoz is redefining the term “pothead."

This, she explains, has caused generations of trauma, stigma, and fear.

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Raised by “straight-edge” parents and attending Catholic school, she admits her life was pretty sheltered.

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“My mom doesn’t love that I smoke weed,” she says.

And that can’t be denied; the proof is in the pudding.”

Another writes: “Thank you for being a voice for all the Latinas who like to get high.

Your platform is definitely for those who feel homesick or out of touch with our culture.”

She’s now an unabashedmarijuanera, and wants other Latinx potheads to be too.

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