Brownie Mary
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Oct 12, 2026
SarahHOST
Eventually, the city gave her permission to keep going.
SarahHOST
They called her Brownie Mary, and she went on to help Dennis Peron found the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club.
SarahHOST
She was a matriarchal baker, arrested twice for giving brownies to dying men.
SarahHOST
Hold that image for a minute.
SarahHOST
And I don't know about you, but if you Google the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, often you will not see, uh, beautiful Brownie Mary listed first and foremost.
SarahHOST
You'll see Dennis as the founder.
SarahHOST
But I think Brownie Mary was doing a lot of the groundwork well before that Cannabis Buyers Club was set up by men.
SarahHOST
Now, let's head south to Santa Cruz and meet Valerie Corral.
Penny BarthelGUEST
And the second thing, now, a lot of people might be familiar with cannabis brownies, right? Yeah.
Penny BarthelGUEST
There was a woman in Brownie Mary who was super famous in the cannabis world for sneaking in cannabis infused brownies to those patients who were suffering from AIDS.
Penny BarthelGUEST
Miserable.
Penny BarthelGUEST
She'd bring them in brownies.
Dayna KathanHOST
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Dayna KathanHOST
I was listening to this week's episode where Katie put Mary Jane Rathbun on the daddy list, and I thought I would share some information about some truly badass Utah women who are also integral in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and I think there are more people that should know about them.
Dayna KathanHOST
Dr. Kristen Reyes is an infectious disease physician who came to Salt Lake City in 1981 right after the HIV/AIDS epidemic was beginning.
Dayna KathanHOST
She became the first, and only for a while, doctor in Utah who was willing to treat HIV patients.
Maria CalabreseHOST
Wow.
Penny BarthelGUEST
And the second thing, now, a lot of people might be familiar with cannabis brownies, right? There was a woman named Brownie Mary who was super famous in the cannabis world for sneaking in cannabis infused to those patients who were suffering from AIDS, miserable.
Penny BarthelGUEST
She'd bring them in brownies.
Penny BarthelGUEST
All of a sudden, they felt better.
Katie MaloneyHOST
Maybe everyone's heard of her.
Katie MaloneyHOST
Her name is Mary Jane Rathbun.
Katie MaloneyHOST
Rathboo, Rathbun, Rathbun.
Katie MaloneyHOST
Um, she was arrested for possession of like 80 pounds [laughs] of marijuana.