My name is Ryan Richmond: former medical marijuana dispensary owner and now a convicted felon. I served one year in federal prison on a two-year sentence. My probation will soon be over. Here’s the part that surprises people: I didn’t go to prison for selling weed. I went because the government couldn’t make that narrative…

A commercial real estate client of mine — a film production company — shot a series of videos for us in 2011–2012. We put out a call to the patients: help us educate, help us normalize this thing, tell your story. There was free weed in it for you. The problem was, only men signed…