The Vicki Higgins Cannabis Advocacy Papers (approximately 2000-2020) consist of correspondence, research notes, legislative documents, news articles, pamphlets, promotional materials, and publications relating to the regulation and legalization of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use in Nevada. The collection also includes materials gathered at cannabis industry conventions. Also contained are materials from WECAN (Wellness Education Cannabis Advocates of Nevada), a patient advocacy organization founded in 2008, as well as the Coalition For Patient Rights Nevada, which Higgins co-founded. Vicki Higgins has been a medical cannabis advocate in Nevada since 2009.
The Vicki Higgins Cannabis Advocacy Papers (approximately 2000-2020) consist of correspondence, research notes, legislative documents, news articles, pamphlets, promotional materials, and publications relating to the regulation and legalization of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use in Nevada. The collection also includes materials gathered at cannabis industry conventions. Also contained are materials from WECAN (Wellness Education Cannabis Advocates of Nevada), a patient advocacy organization founded in 2008, as well as the Coalition For Patient Rights Nevada, which Higgins co-founded. Vicki Higgins has been a medical cannabis advocate in Nevada since 2009.
Collection is open for research.
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Materials remain as they were received. One box of material was foldered and labeled by the donor, and the other material was grouped by year.
Vicki Higgins Cannabis Advocacy Papers, approximately 2000-2020. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2026 by Vicki Higgins; accession number 2026-040.
In 2026, Landon Paljusaj created an accession record in ArchivesSpace. Sarah Jones sorted the material, rehoused it, and created the description in ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Visual Materials Curator, Aaron Mayes, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the cannabis industry in Nevada. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.
The following publication titles that were acquired as part of this collection have been separated and described individually in the University Libraries' catalog: Marijuana Business Magazine; Sensi; Dope Magazine; Freedom Leaf; Vegas Cannabis; Nevada Uplifted; Cannabis Now; Cannabis Nurses Magazine, and High Times.