Mae Nutt, who passed away on New Year's Day at age 86, was the unlikeliest poster person for pot. But after her son Keith died of cancer in 1979, she began a one-woman campaign to educate the world about marijuana's medical properties.

 

Keith had smoked pot to counter the effects of chemotherapy. Mae approved and was impressed with how Keith was able to fight off nausea, eat and prevent weight loss thanks to a little weed. It didn't save his life, but made the suffering more bearable.

 

Mae, who lived in  Midland, Michigan at the time (she'd since moved to Antelope, California after her husband's death), became the Mother Theresa of pot. People gave her quantities and she distributed it to sick people in need. The Michigan media dubbed her "Grandma Marijuana."

 

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