From prison to 'Mr. Marijuana': This man fled Kentucky to become a Dutch pot pioneer


James Burton in his greenhouse in the Netherlands

Patrolling the rivers and shores of South Vietnam for the U.S. Coast Guard, James Burton began smoking marijuana during his 13-month tour for a simple reason.  

“I was scared —-less,” he said. 

But by the 50th time he lit up, he noticed something extraordinary: The auras caused by his glaucoma, the eye disease with which he was diagnosed when he joined the service, began to disappear. 

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