I can stand up and have. It's a little easier since I don't smoke myself and can prove that with a drug test--and also since I don't grow.

I have now written to my senators and legislators, at both the state and national levels, three times about medical marijuana in Texas and decriminalization. I also give money to NORML because I think they're our best hope as lobbyists here in the U.S.. I will probably have an even better ability to be heard by these institutions and organizations once I have my medical degree.

If I were called upon to put on a professional suit and go testify tomorrow in favor of cannabis, particularly medicinal, before the U.S. Congress and Senate in that wonderful marble Senate Hearings Room, I'd be on the next plane.

Yes, I'd stand up.