About Cheri

Hello and thanks for visiting CannabisCheri.com.  My name is Cheri Sicard and long before I became a medical marijuana patient and cannabis cook I was a professional food writer and recipe developer.   As a foodie first, I always approach marijuana cooking recipe development from that perspective, believing there’s no reason to have to choke down bad tasting or boring edibles in order to receive the benefits of edible cannabis.

Had someone told me back in 1996, when California’s Prop 215 first legalized marijuana for medicinal use, that I would become entrenched in the cannabis movement, I would not have believed them.  Other than the rare toke at a party, I didn’t use marijuana.  It wasn’t until I was in my late 30’s that my doctor suggested I try cannabis to help with a chronic nausea problem.  It worked.   Not only that, I soon found I no longer needed the anti-depressant prescriptions I had been taking for years.  The marijuana I was using for nausea also treated  my symptoms of depression, without unwanted side effects that came with the pharmaceuticals!

Around this time I was phasing out my career as a professional entertainer and phasing in a career as a professional writer, recipe developer, and internet entrepreneur.  In 1996 I founded ​the website FabulousFoods (now gone as it was eaten up in a corporate restructuring).  What began as a passionate hobby turned into one of the net's largest and most popular cooking and recipe sites.  Over the next few years  I was also able to explore my passions for patriotism and country with the publication of The Great American Handbook (2002 Berkley Trade Editions); U.S. Citizenship for Dummies (2003 Wiley); and Everyday American (2008 Bookspan)..

All the while I marveled at how cannabis had improved the quality of my life.  I was able to focus and accomplish tasks far more efficiently than ever before and my career thrived.  Yet, I worried I might somehow be doing myself harm.  Like most Americans, I had been indoctrinated into the school of thought that marijuana is evil and dangerous. But it didn't feel that way.  I had to find out for myself , so I started reading and doing research.

After graduating from Oaksterdam University, I continued to attend seminars and classes on cannabis at every opportunity.  The more I learned, the more I became convinced that marijuana not only improved my specific symptoms, but was beneficial to my overall health and well being too.  The more I learned, the less I could keep quiet about the amazing findings I was reading about.

I found myself continually outraged by the outright lies the government told and their hypocrisy surrounding the war on drugs.  I found it tragic that people all over the county, including states where medical marijuana is legal, were (and are) still being prosecuted and jailed over this benevolent plant.

In the course of about 6 months I went from the typical closeted American marijuana smoker, who never publicly admits to using marijuana, to an outspoken cannabis legalization and anti drug war advocate .  And I haven’t looked back since.  I help organize rallies, fundraisers, and other cannabis events.  I speak at civic meetings, and city and county councils.  I write articles about the injustices of the war on weed.  I have attended countless court supports for marijuana defendants.  And I became an advocate for federal prisoners serving LIFE SENTENCES for marijuana.

Cannabis Books by Cheri Sicard