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Marijuana Activist Mae Nutt Dies

Drug Policy Alliance

Friday 04 Jan 2008

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Medical marijuana activist and grandmother Mae Nutt, died January 1,
2008 in Roseville, CA. Mrs. Nutt was a medical marijuana activist for
over 25 years, motivated by the cancer battle she witnessed in her son
Keith, who alleviated his chemotherapy symptoms by secretly smoking
marijuana. When she discovered that the drug reduced his nausea, she
proceeded to battle the government to make marijuana available to anyone
who could prove a medical need. She and her husband were instrumental
in the passage of the first medical marijuana legalization bill in
Michigan in 1979. They were the recipients of the national Citizens of
the Year from The Drug Policy Foundation in Washington, DC in 1990.

Mrs. Nutt formed the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics with Patient "O"
Robert Randall, the first person to get medicinal cannabis from the
federal government. Mrs. Nutt and Mr. Randall testified before DEA Law
Judge Francis Young. The Judge was so moved by their testimony that he
ruled that medicinal cannabis should be available to everyone who needed
it. The DEA rejected their own judge's ruling.

Mrs. Nutt was most recently featured in the award-winning documentary
Waiting to Inhale. She has also been profiled on CNN News and the CBS
Evening News, and was labeled Grandma Marijuana in an extensive article
in High Times Magazine. She regularly participated in the biennial
Patients Out of Time and Drug Policy Reform conferences

Nutt, Belle Emma (Mae) Born June 28, 1921 in Rochester, NY, the daughter
of Louis and Gladys (Yaw) Wallace, Mae was predeceased by her husband of
46 years, Arnold Nutt, and two sons, Keith and Dana. She is survived by
her daughter Joyce Born of Westland, MI, and her son Marc Nutt and his
spouse of Antelope, CA. She is also survived by her grandchildren Amy
Korte and David Born, their spouses, and 5 great-grandchildren.

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