Montel Williams is adding a new role to his resume: Medical-marijuana seller.
The television talk show host and product pitchman has announced that he is partnering with a medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, Calif.
Williams, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, said that cannabis helped his chronic pain when pharmaceuticals were causing him harm.
“Prescription drugs nearly shut down my kidneys. Then a doctor suggested I try medical marijuana,” he said, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Williams credits cannabis for improving his well-being and his ability to cope with constant neurological discomfort.
His goal is for marijuana to be seen as a real medication and not just an excuse to gawk at the buds and toke up.
Unlike most dispensaries, no marijuana is displayed in the facility, anywhere. Patients don’t see the actual product, which is available in edible and smokable form, until the very end, and can’t use it on the property, the Bee reports.
“I want this to be someplace your mother and father could see themselves walk into,” Williams said.
Most importantly, he says, he wants to end the stigma for patients who want to try medical marijuana to ease their suffering.
In January, Williams was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after a pipe used for smoking pot was found in his luggage at a Milwaukee airport.
The judge dropped the charges against the former talk show host in April after the pipe tested negative for the drug.
For Williams, the war on drugs and safety is an ironic one.
“It’s absurd. I can go get morphine pumped into my system and nobody’s got a problem,” he said. “But all of a sudden they’re really worried if I smoked a joint.”
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