Big Politics Vs. Small Business
Gerald Olson owns Medical Marijuana of the Rockies. He is the
principal defendant in the lawsuit by the HOLIDAY INN in Frisco
Colorado. The Holiday Inn, in conjunction with Safe Streets, a political interest group in DC,
are using the Federal RICO statute to allege
that selling Marijuana is a violation of Federal Drug Racketeering laws.
Safe Streets (The company funding the lawsuit) has more resources
than a small medical marijuana shop in Colorado. The suit forced the
shop to close down and it is under threat of bankruptcy.
Gerald Olson is a small business owner who began MMRockies to serve medical patients and help
educate people on the medicinal benefits of marijuana. Six months
after Olson's liver transplant in 2009, he bagan using the healing
properties of medical cannabis. He made a rapid recovery and opened
Medical Marijuana of the Rockies to provide the same option for other
sufferers of major illnesses.
How You Can Help
How this case goes will set a precedent for future cases against
legalized marijuana; it will also slow down or stop progress in those
states currently fighting to make marijuana legal. Here's how you can help:
1) Give. It is going to cost a half-million dollars
to fight this case.
Be part of the
420 Initiative and give $4.20 today; share
with your friends and ask them to give, too.
2) Speak. Add your voice to those who are standing
up for the rights of medical marijuana patients and those who choose
to use marijuana recreationally. Follow the cause on Facebook,
Twitter, and other social media using the hastag #fight4it.
3) Educate. Take the time to learn about the issue.
Help others understand the big picture. Here's a great article outlining the
history of marijuana and all the reports though the years showing how
it became villified.
