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WASHINGTON (AP) — TV personality Montel Williams is part of a
group seeking licenses to grow and dispense medical marijuana in
Washington D.C.
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cited city records showing that the nonprofit Abatin Wellness
Center has expressed preliminary interest in opening medical
marijuana businesses in the city.
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Washington attorney Frederick D. Cooke Jr. was hired to shepherd
the application through the process. Cooke confirmed Tuesday that
Williams has a major role in the group.
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Jonathan Franks, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Williams and
Abatin, told the newspaper, “This is not a spokesman-for-hire
deal.” Williams was also involved when Abatin opened a clinic
earlier this year in Sacramento, Calif.
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Williams has been an outspoken medical marijuana advocate since he
began using the drug to relieve pain caused by multiple
sclerosis.
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