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Might Sarah Palin's sensible points about pot get the Tea Party and others to push for sensible drug reforms?

By Douglas A. Berman

I have suggested to anyone who would listen that persons seriously interestes in drug sentencing reform should seriously urge folks like Sarah Palin and other tea-party-types to turn their anti-big-government sentiments toward the problems produced by big government involvement in the drug war.   Consequently, I was very pleased to see this new story from CBS News today, under the headline "Sarah Palin Calls Marijuana "Minimal Problem."  Here are the details: That's right, pot smokers: You have something of an ally in Sarah Palin. The former Alaska governor appeared on Fox Business Network last night, along with libertarian-leaning Republican Rep. Ron Paul. Paul is a longtime advocate of decriminalizing drugs at a federal level and leaving the issue to the states, something Palin would not endorse...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 18, 2010 (boomark / email).