Ezra Parzybok

Ezra Parzybok grew up in Spokane, Washington and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. He received his MFA from Bard College and taught art and science for over a decade at an internationally recognized prep school for high school drop outs in Holyoke, MA. Witnessing the disparity in knowledge between those like his students who use cannabis, the law that regulates it, and the chronically ill who benefit from its use, he sought to fill the education gap on cannabis in his community. A 2015 D.E.A. helicopter raid on his home prompted a heated public discourse on cannabis safety and subsequent court case. He continues to offer guidance on medical cannabis to families and health practitioners and runs the educational website www.EzraHelps.com. He lives with his wife and two children in Northampton, MA.