Long before dispensaries dotted street corners, a grandmotherly figure was changing the world one brownie at a time. Meet Mary Jane Rathbun, better known as 'Brownie Mary.' A former IHOP waitress, Mary began baking and distributing cannabis-infused brownies in 1980s San Francisco to help AIDS patients suffering from wasting syndrome and intense pain. Despite multiple arrests, the feisty activist refused to stop her compassionate work, famously telling a judge she'd have to be housed in the county jail's oven to stop her baking. Her highly-publicized legal battles were instrumental in shifting public perception and helped pave the way for medical cannabis legalization, proving that sometimes, the most potent form of activism is baked with love.