Abstract
This paper analyzes the way in which cannabis activists, legislators, and advisors collaborated in Argentina from 2016 to 2017 when the use of medicinal cannabis became a topic of public attention. For this purpose, an ethnographic approach was used to describe documentation and archiving practices of cannabis organizations; meetings between mothers of medicinal users, members of civil associations, politicians, and advisors; and the drafting and circulation of bills, particularly in the Legislature of the Province of Cordoba. This study focuses on the expertise and knowledge of activists and state agents/agencies that, along with my ethnographic practice, mutually construct and shape a political cause.
Keywords:
activism; medical cannabis; collaboration; documents