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Back Cover Story: Cannabis Spotlight
the oldest natural medicines … yet we still ational marijuana and 37 allow it for med-
Continued from back cover the senior support, it failed. spend billions of tax dollars incarcerating ical purposes with a prescription. Florida
I originated the Silver Tour which edu- users and promoting myths and miscon- needs to get there now on both counts.
suppress many mental illness related ceptions about marijuana. We need to stop limitation on volumes
symptoms. Educating seniors, who talk cates and advocates for decriminalization Studies done to date about the effective- and retrain budtenders to sync computer
about its benefits over lunch, playing cards of pot and targets senior communities, at ness of cannabis use are so promising, renewal amounts to determine appropriate
or at the pool is a vital step towards churches, synagogues – and wherever I pointing to the potential to help us live a quantities. We need to limit alcohol and
decriminalization of use. get an audience in Florida – explaining better life, keep me pushing for the federal opioid abuse and talk about the benefits of
the value of medical cannabis. Cannabis is
What’s your history with the a choice-better than pills – and Grandma decriminalization of cannabis use. cannabis and marijuana for people who

cannabis Industry? needs to know about it to live her best life. What do you think is necessary need relief. We need to allow for home-
grown weed. Bottom line is we need to
Well, in plain language, I started as a This has taken me to politicians and leg- to help move Florida forward in decriminalize use, period.
smuggler. I spent 30 years in prison and islators, (not just in Florida but in the marijuana/cannabis Doctors, legislators, law enforcement,
had a lot of time to think about the future Washington DC), where we changed the business? teachers and the public are getting on-
and wanted to kick off a medical revolu- audience of pro-marijuana rallies from Education. The benefits directed at sen- board and moving to support federal
tion. I now have my own brand of hippies to seniors in wheelchairs. I talk iors, like my Silver Tour campaign, have decriminalization to remove all legal con-
cannabis “Black Tuna” which Trulieve sells with doctors and farmers, in person and helped make huge inroads over the past straints to using marijuana, which confus-
in Florida, and I introduced a new, deli- through the media, I campaign for the several years. Seniors are advocates and es those who need it and blocks us from its
cious strain, “Blue Fin Tuna” this month. benefits of cannabis legalization with the politicians know they need the senior vote. benefits.
I worked in the media as a pitchman and main goal of getting the truth out about Education targeting doctors and educators Trulieve has pushed the envelope and
realized I could use that talent to help the benefits and getting involved with have led to Medical School research and provides education and a variety of quality
change the attitudes of seniors toward advocacy groups to get petitions signed, teaching future doctors about cannabis products. I think we’ve made a lot of
Cannabis use after Proposition 19 failed in legislation introduced and passed to allow medicine. progress and I am confident we are moving
California because it didn’t have senior everyone to reap the rewards. At the very least this state needs to have in the right direction. People just wish it
support. In 2010, California already had reciprocity with other states who have was at a faster speed for those who need
legalized medical marijuana use but What motivates you? passed laws regarding medical and recre- the benefits.
nobody made a real effort to educate sen- It doesn’t make sense that the cannabis ational use. We are a tourist state and leg-
iors about its benefits when trying to pass industry is one of the fastest-growing, tax islators understand that leaking money to For more information visit
laws to legalize recreational use. Lacking producing businesses and produces one of
other states is a bad economic move. https://www.trulieve.com/dispensaries
Nationwide, 18 states have legalized recre- /florida or email tunaville@yahoo.com
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