Man In Wheel Chair Heads To Washington To Push For Medical Marijuana

[bobandtorey]

A man with cerebral palsy is traveling from his home in Taylor, Michigan all the way to Washington, D.C. via his wheelchair in an effort to convince the White House to legalize medical marijuana usage nationwide.

The Detroit Free Press reports that Curtis Kile, 52, left his home on June 14 in his motorized wheel chair and has been traveling ever since in hopes of meeting the president face-to-face, and telling him that he feels that having safer and cheaper access to marijuana would be beneficial to patients with his condition, which he says has been vital to his health.

"The alcohol industry doesn't want it legal, and the pharmaceutical and the tobacco companies don't want that, because it's going to bite into their profits," said Kile. "It's the money that's stopping it, and that's wrong."

Kile plans to get to the White House on July 4th, and while he knows the chances of him speaking to anyone of any significance in Washington are slim, he is still hoping his message gets across.

According to Kile, Obama did not respond to any letters from Taylor and a White House press aide said that Obama's schedule said nothing about plans to meet with any visitors from Michigan.

[solabeirtan]

Hope his wheel chair was made in the D. Hope he doesn't get run over. On the 4th of July. I'm gonna send him a couple bucks, he's definitly gonna need a new chair. Like head of the DEA maybe!  

[bobandtorey]

I wish i could do more as far as $$ but i do the best i can for all by spreading the word

[Marijuana Ranch]

Why not get a official Curtis T Shirt?

 

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Edited July 3, 2013 by Marijuana Ranch

[bobandtorey]

A Taylor man was resting at a Best Western motel in Arlington, Va., today after riding his motorized wheelchair about 600 miles from his home to the White House.

Curtis Kile, 52, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, said he made the trip — on sidewalks and road shoulders, through small towns and big cities — to raise awareness about the importance of medical marijuana for those with serious health problems.

After arriving at the White House gates about 8 p.m. Wednesday, “I just sat there for about 20 minutes — I was really amazed that we made it,” he said. Kile was accompanied by his son, Curtis Kile Jr., 17, who drove the family’s 2006 Econoline van equipped with a wheelchair lift.

The elder Kile returned to the White House on Thursday, spoke to a crowd gathered for a human rights rally and hoped to speak to President Barack Obama about how medical marijuana has helped him. But he said he had no appointment with the president or anyone else in the White House, and “I didn’t get a phone call or nothing from them.”

Still, he said, he was glad he made the journey, during which — short on money — the father and son often camped outdoors, with Kile sleeping in his wheelchair.

“I don’t think the trip was a waste. We were able to draw attention to the issue,” Kile said today. He said a Free Press article on his trip, published Monday, helped “double or maybe triple” donations to his effort. The duo plan to spend their return trip in motels because of that.

Kile’s pilgrimage drew attention “across the country,” said Rick Thompson, publisher of the Flint-based Cannabis Chronicles website. Those who support “legal and safe access” to medical marijuana have been disappointed in the Obama administration’s continued use of federal agents and drug laws to prosecute users of medical marijuana, even in states that have state laws that allow medical use, including Michigan, Thompson said.

[cristinew]

Well he made it.. and Obama did not even speak to him,,,