PETER LEWIS
We usually don't do back to back "Successful Smoker of the Day" articles but this is one that I didn't want to put off any longer because Peter Lewis deserves the spotlight and is the epitome of a "successful smoker". I'm sure everyone reading this right now is saying, "Peter Lewis? Who the hell is Peter Lewis?" Well if you smoke marijuana and are in favor of its legalization then you should probably become acquainted with Mr. Lewis.
This November Massachusetts voters will most likely have the opportunity to vote on whether marijuana can be used for medical purposes throughout the state. The organization supporting the proposed bill, the Committee for Compassionate Medicine, raised $526,000 in an effort to give voters a chance to decide if medical marijuana should be legal. Of that $526,000 raised, Peter donated $525,000!! That's just pocket change for the former Progressive Insurance CEO who has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. Lewis has and continues to donate to marijuana reform nationwide and backs such movements in his home state of Ohio as well as Colorado and Washington. It's estimated that Lewis has donated about $40 million to marijuana reform nationwide.
So why is Lewis so determined to push for marijuana legalization? Lewis admits to smoking marijuana recreationally earlier in his life but it was an infection in 1998 that had part of his leg amputated that changed his views on the true value of marijuana. Referring back to his time in the hospital after the amputation, Lewis states, "I was very glad I had marijuana. It didn't exactly eliminate the pain, but it made the pain tolerable...and it let me avoid those heavy-duty narcotic pain relievers that leave you incapacitated." Lewis believes that the federal War on Drugs is partly to blame for "outdated, ineffective, and stupid" marijuana laws. Amen Peter! Amen! So I'll speak on behalf of the marijuana reformers nationwide and say thank you Peter Lewis!
greenomix
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