Raising $1000 in 30 days to selling decks of medical marijuana themed poker cards may not seem like the type of endeavor that has the mountain moving potential to change federal law but its creators feel differently. “We feel that every mustard seed that can be planted helps fuel awareness and education for the medicinal benefits of cannabis.”
After coming home from the funeral of a friend who died from Cancer, Michael and Brenda realized that the real tragedy, beyond the death of a friend, were the two years of suffering through rounds of chemo-therapy and the associated side effects. “There are people across this country with loved ones that are suffering from diseases and ailments that could be treated with medical cannabis: children with epilepsy, soldiers with PTSD, Cancer patients, Multiple Sclerosis suffers, people battling depression. This list keeps growing.”
“We educated ourselves on the topic by reading and talking to people, both those who wish they had legal access to medical cannabis and organizations that were spearheading social change like NORML. (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) We wanted to be more involved. “When our children were little we always liked “flash cards” as an educational tool. That’s when the lightbulb went off. A deck of poker cards with pictures and names of different marijuana strains and their medicinal effects. A set of educational “flash cards” for grown-ups disguised as a novelty poker set.”
Their plan is to raise money selling cards on Ebay. They plan to donate 5% of all sales to NORML. This country’s social perception of marijuana is definitely changing, and it appears to be a trend that is going to continue. The speed of this change will very much depend on how many mustard seeds are planted.
Be sure to spread the word and go to Ebay to order a deck of poker/flash cards to help their project come to life.
