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"Pot and the GOP: Is the party of ?Just Say No? morphing into the party of ?Just Say Grow??"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this notable and effective new piece in Newsweek.  Here are excerpts: You?d expect aging flower children to fight for the right to get high. But aging conservatives?  As the ideals of the Tea Party?s most vocal libertarians infiltrate the Republican ranks, and state and federal officials slash budgets even as they pump cash into an expensive war on drugs, some conservatives are making the case for legalizing marijuana.  It isn?t Nancy Pelosi who?s speaking out in favor of legalized pot ? she?s been careful not to take a position on Prop 19 ? but rather her Republican challenger in California, John Dennis.  And in Massachusetts, Barney Frank?s Tea Party?backed Republican opponent, Sean Bielat, has said he leans libertarian on the issue, and it hasn?t hurt his race against the longtime congressman, who strongly supports decriminalization of pot...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 29, 2010 (boomark / email).