Former pot smuggler takes case for medical marijuana to Florida seniors

Examiner Tuesday 25th October, 2011

Mr. Robert Platshorn, or as he is known in the medical marijuana community, "Bobby Tuna", has taken his efforts to legalize medical marijuana to those voters who state and federal legislators count on the most to be elected; seniors. Mr. Platshorn spent nearly twenty-nine years in federal prison for smuggling marijuana into southern Florida during ...

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