Trilogy asks customers to ‘Rise Up’ this month to support local animal shelter

Trilogy asks customers to ‘Rise Up’ this month to support local animal shelter

Feb 29, 2024 | Blog, Community

TRILOGY ASKS CUSTOMERS TO ‘RISE UP’ THIS MONTH TO SUPPORT LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER

By: Dan Taylor, Trilogy Marketing Coordinator 

ELLICOTT CITY, Md- Trilogy Wellness and Rise Above Animal Rescue and Sanctuary want to make sure cats and dogs who are placed in shelters go home to loving and caring homes. 

The entire month of March, we’re offering guests and patients at Trilogy Wellness a chance to donate to this wonderful organization in Pasadena. If you donate $5.00, you will receive a $5.00 bounce back card to use on your next visit. 

This campaign to find pets loving homes will coincide with Trilogy’s 6th “Cannaversary”, the weekend of March 22-24. That weekend will also give people a chance to adopt a pet right on site at Trilogy Wellness during our Rise Above Rescue Adoption Event, on Saturday March 23rd from 12:00pm-4:00pm. 

Last year, Trilogy Wellness helped set a record for the organization. It was the most animals they have ever adopted at one event. Six cats and four puppies went home to some loving owners. 

“We focus on animals that need the most help – those that are sick, injured, elderly, feral, or need extensive medical care.” 

Rise Above Animal Rescue and Sanctuary became an official non-profit animal rescue in 2018. Prior to this status, the organization had been in place for years prior with the goal and focus always being on the welfare of animals. 

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, an estimated 3.1 million dogs and 3.2 million cats are in U.S. animal shelters.  

Approximately 2 million dogs and 2.1 million cats are adopted from animal shelters each year. 

Maryland Stands Out: Cannabis Arrests Rates Dip Below National Average in Progressive Trend

Maryland Stands Out: Cannabis Arrests Rates Dip Below National Average in Progressive Trend

Jan 30, 2024 | Blog, Cannabis, Community, Uncategorized

By: Dan Taylor, Trilogy Wellness Marketing Coordinator

ELLICOTT CITY, Md- As social justice comes to the forefront during Black History Month, a report shows that Maryland is below a nationwide trend when it comes to the disparities of cannabis arrests of African Americans. But some Maryland counties are well above the national average.

A study conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union, shows that African-Americans are 3.6 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than whites. And in some cases, states and local counties are double if not triple the national average.

Maryland is among twenty-six states that are below the national average. According to the ACLU, in Maryland, African Americans are 2.1 times likely to be arrested for cannabis possession. However, some Maryland counties are trending in the exact opposite direction.

In Carroll and Frederick counties, African Americans are more than double the national average, with Black folks are seven times more likely to be arrested in Carroll and six times more likely to be arrested in Frederick for cannabis possession.

States such as Montana and Kentucky, showed African Americans were almost ten times likely to be arrested for cannabis than whites.

The ACLU discovered that more than six million cannabis related arrests between 2010-2018. Law enforcement made almost 700,000 cannabis arrests in 2018. Those arrests accounted for 43% of all drug arrests.