Man Traveling 520 Miles By Wheelchair To Talk To Obama About Marijuana Reform

Confined to a motorized chair, Curtis Kile, who has cerebral palsy, thinks marijuana should be legal for all.

The 52-year-old pointed his wheels from Taylor, Mich. toward 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on June 14, a 520-mile trek. He says he’s hoping to make his pitch in person to President Barack Obama at the White House on July 4.

His 17-year-old son, Curtis Kile, Jr., is accompanying him for the 20-day trek in a Ford Econoline van. Kile Sr. is following the path led by his own father, Charles Curtis Kile, Jr., whom Kile said founded the United Marijuana Smokers of Michigan and once walked from Michigan to the White House in support of marijuana legalization.

While Kile said his health and pace have been affected by the hot temperatures, he has vowed to press on.

“I intend to get a national movement going so it (marijuana) can just be legalized,” he told The Compassion Chronicles. “We have to make it readily available to those who cannot afford it.“


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