Cannabis refugee (or marijuana refugee) is a term, primarily used in the United States and Canada, referring to people who have moved from one location to another due to cannabis prohibition laws, motivated either by a desire to have legal access to cannabis to treat medical conditions for themselves or their family, or to legally consume cannabis for any other reason.[1][2] A related term is trimmigrant, which refers to migrant workers who travel to the Emerald Triangle during the summer to work on the seasonal marijuana harvest.[3]

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  1. ^ Philipps, Dave (October 20, 2013). "Families of children with epilepsy moving to Colorado, drawn by success of marijuana oil". The Gazette.
  2. ^ Young, Saundra (March 10, 2014). "Medical marijuana refugees: 'This was our only hope'". CNN.
  3. ^ Robinson, Melia. "Being a 'trimmigrant' is one of the hardest jobs in the marijuana black market". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
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