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Advocate of legalizing marijuana sues Comcast By RENEE WINKLER, Courier-Post Staff R. Edward Forchion Jr., a marijuana legalization advocate who goes by the nickname Weedman, has sued the area's largest cable TV provider, claiming it censored his ads and libeled him in the media. Forchion said he had a contract with Comcast Corp. to broadcast 'political issue ads' last summer. But the company yanked the ads from its lineup and told members of the media that Forchion was proposing the illegal use of drugs. The contract covered 260 TV spots at a total cost of $5,710. The ads were similar in content, Forchion said, to those he bought in 1999 and 2000 when seeking election to Congress, the state Assembly and the Burlington County freeholder board. A year ago, Forchion was denied an application to have his name changed to. In his lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court here, Forchion seeks $420,000 as compensation from Comcast...
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