Starting today, television stations in West Palm Beach Fl and Eugene Oregon will begin airing an “edu-mercial” about medical cannabis called, Should Grandma Smoke Pot? The show is the brain child of Robert Platshorn, the man who served the longest prison sentence in America for smuggling marijuana. After the government forced him to halt his live pro-legalization “Silver Tour,” Grandma is his new effort to educate seniors on the benefits of medical marijuana.

With award-winning director Walter J Collins, Robert has produced a thirty minute show that pulls no punches in taking on what he calls “the government’s wasteful and irrational ban on marijuana.” The show will air more than a dozen times over three weeks in West Palm Beach on WTIX the CW and WCTN My TV. In Oregon, it will air more than a dozen times on KEVU-TV.
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News about medical cannabis from around the nation – or, everything you missed if you were reading about the unjust federal action targeting Harborside Health Center.

• Government-sponsored study destroys DEA’s classification of marijuana – The Raw Story
• Visa and Mastercard Reject Medical Marijuana Purchases – Vibe
• Oregon Kills Medical Marijuana deduction for food stamp applicants – The Oregonian
• Does Medical Marijuana Increase Teen Pot Use? – Wall Street Journal
• CO federal dispensary crackdown widens scope with subjectivities – Examiner.com
• California pot research backs therapeutic claims – Sacramento Bee
• Backers of Arkansas medical marijuana legalization need more signatures – The Republic
• Owner Of First U.S. Marijuana Pharmacy Now Broke And Fighting IRS – Forbes