Willie Nelson Peace Institute publishes Russ Henry

Willie Nelson has been my hero since I was a little cowboy.  Now I'm all grown up and I still look up to the red headed stranger.  Willie has spent his whole career standing up for family farmers who have become powerless in our country. Willie knows that medical marijuana and industrial hemp have the growing power to save American family farmers from going belly up, and he's fought to show us all that Marijuana is medicine given from god, not a dangerous drug as owners of the alcohol, paper, and cotton industries in America would like us to believe. Willie's strength, determination, and grace have inspired me in my own career, and shown me how to be strong enough to stand up for what I believe in. I believe that medical marijuana's...

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Breaking The Rules

Most of my heroes are outlaws.  My heroes are folks that are not afraid to stand up and defend what’s right, no matter the cost.  My heroes are folks who are brave enough to live a life full of meaning and passion even when the rule-makers of the day demand banality and submission.   Rachel Corrie stood in front of those bulldozers with a force of will no army can stop.  John Trudell still works for peace and justice even after his mother in-law, wife, and children were taken in a fire that was set to silence him.  And good old Willie Nelson, no matter how many times the authorities bust him down for his choice in medicine, he keeps on touring ‘round the world raising money for struggling family farmers that the...

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