(JackHerer.com) This is Jack’s wife, Jeannie. Jack had a heart attack in Portland, Oregon on September 12. I was in California waiting for him to come home. I flew to Portland, went to the hospital and was told that a woman named Joy Graves had come to the hospital with a Medical Power of Attorney that Jack had allegedly signed, naming her and Chuck Jacobs as the people in charge of Jack’s medical care. It wasn’t complete and looks like someone forged his signature. The hospital’s legal team determined it was no good.

Jack is now in a skilled nursing facililty in Eugene. Joy Graves has taken the paper to them and they have accepted it until their legal team decides what to do. In the meantime, I am not allowed to see Jack or even get news about his condition over the phone. Jack has already been neglected in the nursing home. He fell out of bed there and hit his head shortly after being admitted. He had lumps on his head from it and bruises on his upper eyelids.

I’ve had to hire an attorney to deal with this. I don’t have much money but I’ll do what I can. I love Jack very much and can’t believe this is happening to him now, when he needs me the most.

Yes, I know when I’m in the middle of a hempfest, just about ready to go up and give a rousing speech, I make sure to sign over my medical power of attorney to somebody who is not my wife.

I’ve reached out to all my contacts in the Oregon cannabis community to see if I can get more on the story. I spoke with Paul Stanford from The Hemp & Cannabis Foundation who told me that Chuck Jacobs and “a lady with some different name” (i.e., could be Joy Graves, but using a pseudonym) brought Jack to Portland and had been traveling with him. Paul is looking up his records to find Mr. Jacobs’ phone number and I will follow up as soon as I have it.