Mae Nutt, Activist
Fueled by the grief of losing two sons to cancer, Mae Nutt has become an unlikely advocate for the movement to legalize medical marijuana.  Her older son Keith first smoked it to alleviate the extreme nausea caused by chemotherapy treatments for testicular cancer, and she soon became convinced of its efficacy in making life bearable again for seriously ill patients.  Now, almost thirty years later, Mae continues to fight for the rights of patients everywhere to access this drug that she considers an essential medicine.  She is a founding director of Patients Out of Time, a national organization that seeks to raise awareness of the therapeutic effects of smoked cannabis, and has been instrumental in changing the medical marijuana laws in her home state of Michigan.Her tireless efforts to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, and her reputation for creatively inventing recipes involving the drug, have earned her the affectionate nickname “Grandma Marijuana.”