We Remember Peter McWilliams (Official Tribute)

Peter Alexander McWilliams was a NY Times best-selling author, a a Libertarian and a medical Cannabis activist. He self-published over forty books from computer books and poetry to personal growth; (LIFE 101 Series), healing loss/depression, ("How to Survive the Loss of a Love" / "How to Heal Depression") plus Libertarian ideals ("Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do"), and even photography ("Portraits.") He recommended the use of St. John's Wort to help those suffering depression after he himself was healed from his own crippling depression. He became a medicinal Cannabis activist after being diagnosed with AIDS and non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 1996. The government disallowed him to use the herb, and Peter died at the young age of 50 on June 14th, 2000. I discovered Peter nine years later and hope others will discover and love him too.

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[onegist]

I fell in love with Peter McWilliams small poetry books back when I was barely 12-years-old and now that I'm in my 50's ... I still have them as my most cherished. His words helped shape my own life. Thanks so much for this.

[WeRememberPeter]

@onegist thank you for your nice comment. what a beautiful story. i would love to share it with others, would you be interested? on petermcwilliams (dot) org under "sharing stories." let me know! :)

[RasAhmose]

love love love. <3

[WeRememberPeter]

@RasAhmose thank you! love back.

[Rootsgal]

NICENESS keeps flowing and I know a special woman, (she knows who she is) that will sing the words we all think and feel....one love vibes continually to all~

[WeRememberPeter]

@Rootsgal  thanks Kristine...

[lions4life2]

I kid you not! I'm 19 now. graduated May. I would carry his poems around with me Freshmen year and read them constantly cause I have always wanted to be a writer. My birthday is August 5th and I have the last name Mcwilliams just like him. Though my first name is Blake! WHATTTTT! This is amazing.

[dentisttreat]

This tribute is wonderful!

[JackGunner420]

I'm fuming over the fact that the government killed him.

[honoringthetruth]

BEAUTIFUL

[WeRememberPeter]

@joliebeanbag Thank you soooooooooo much!!!!

[WeRememberPeter]

@SneddyRocks thanks so much!!! keeps me going!!!

[SneddyRocks]

Very beuatiful and a message that all should hear...peace to all.

[WeRememberPeter]

@Rootsgal thanks sooo much!!! he was gentle and so am i!!!!!! bless you what a nice thing to say.

[Rootsgal]

What an amazing tribute.....gentle spirits come forward, we need many more~

[WeRememberPeter]

@tomangelo09 thanks so much Tom! i am so glad LOVE 101 helped you. it's a great book, isn't it? i love how you describe his writing-you cover all the facets. his voice is quite gentle yet strong. i am glad you can finally hear it. i wish i had known him too. i'd give anything! but he still is with us in spirit. thank you back. love, the "curator of the online Peter McWilliams Museum." :)

[tomangelo09]

Peter's "Love 101" helped get me thru a very rough time in my life; when I read it, in 1999, I had no idea how ill he was. I was saddened, a few years later, to learn he had died, and I was angered to learn the unnecessary suffering he endured in the final years of his life. His writing overflows with humor, compassion, and wisdom. I had always wondered what he sounded like, and now I have some idea. I wish I had known this man, and that he was still with us. Thank you, WeRememberPeter!

[WeRememberPeter]

thanks for those comments. i don't look at this 1300 number as being "sad" at all...if you share my video as a featured video on your channel, that will help bring the numbers up won't it :) and considering the video i saw that had quotes of Peter's--we're about to surpass their #s--that video has been up for YEARS and this one has only been up since Easter of THIS YEAR!! so if you look at it that way (focusing positively as Peter wrote about) it's not so bad!

[rexsherman]

Eternal remembrance, sure if there's someone spreading the word, and I'm glad that Julia is. But what saddens me most is: How light becomes dark. Here was a light to the world and only 1,300 people watched this. I got a million hits from taping Good Morning America - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch two years ago. That's sad.

[cardinalfan524]

the laissez-faire comment is the best haha

[WeRememberPeter]

@cardinalfan524 thanks Cardinal Fan----we will always remember Peter!!!

[cardinalfan524]

Such a great and inspirational man. Never Forget!

[WeRememberPeter]

@billstclair Thanks Bill! :) thanks so much for writing about Peter in the first place!

[billstclair]

Peter's "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do" was my introduction to libertarian thought. But I never met him. This video has given a wonderful view of a gentle soul, snuffed out by prohibition.

[WeRememberPeter]

@phoenixtimes2 thanks so much....beautiful words of yours..