Wenya's parents separated when she was two, and after that she lived with her father and stepmother. Her stepmother couldn't stand her and was always arguing with her father. He had little choice—he had to send Wenya to her mother's house, but her mother was fully focused on running her business and didn't have any time to take care of Wenya, so she was often shuttled off to her relatives' and friends' homes to be fostered. After so many years of a life of foster care, young Wenya felt lonely and helpless, and longed for the warmth of a home.

Wenya's parents separated when she was two, and after that she lived with her father and stepmother. Her stepmother couldn't stand her and was always arguing with her father. He had little choice—he had to send Wenya to her mother's house, but her mother was fully focused on running her business and didn't have any time to take care of Wenya, so she was often shuttled off to her relatives' and friends' homes to be fostered. After so many years of a life of foster care, young Wenya felt lonely and helpless, and longed for the warmth of a home.

Episode 42. Guest: Lia Berman, a doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Applied Anthropology at the University of South Florida, shares details about her ethnographic research on cannabis workers in Colorado. Watch additional episodes of Getting High On Anthropology.

Jodi Duke, MPH, CPH, Executive Director of the CORE Network, shares details of her involvement in the Denver-based non-profit CORE Network focused on education about the intersection of cannabis and science. Watch additional episodes of Getting High On Anthropology

Episode 41. Guest Caroline Conzelman, PhD and Anthropology Senior Instructor in the University of Colorado Boulder, teaches a drug policy class at CU Boulder and organizes events to educate the public about cannabis. Watch additional episodes of Getting High On Anthropology

Dr. Leehey at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus presents “The Use of Cannabidiol in Parkinson’s Disease” at the 3rd Annual CORE Conference, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, 11 November 2017. Watch additional episodes of Getting High On Anthropology

Austine Luce, PhD and Executive Director of the Consumption Literacy Project, discusses her work with the Consumption Literacy project designed to engage the public with the art of thinking about our natural resource consumption. Watch additional episodes of Getting High on Anthropology.

Connie Bryan's traditional late night cable talk show taped in Sacramento, CA for her growing network of cable access centers in California, Oregon, Minnesota, Washington D.C. and Colorado...On this episode’s “Fun with the Newspaper” segment, Connie features a story about "Jillian the San Francisco Tiger" who could not adjust to being moved to the Sacramento Zoo...Later Connie features a parody of a popular Red Hot Chili Peppers tune, followed by her recent candid interviews with real homeless people on the street about how we can help them get back on their feet.

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