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"Tea Party = Pot Party?"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting and effective report at Mother Jones.  Here are snippets: Last month in the nation's capital, Gary Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico and outspoken critic of big government, took the podium at Glenn Beck's 9/12 rally to talk up economic issues. He warmed up the crowd of tea partiers with tales of how he'd fended off unnecessary state spending through liberal use of the veto stamp, and how he'd boosted educational competition through charter schools. Then Johnson dropped a bomb. "Half of what we spend on law enforcement, the courts, and the prisons is drug related," he proclaimed. "I suggest that legalizing marijuana will make this country a better place." The crowd erupted in a clash of boos and applause ? evidence, Johnson told me later, that the tea party is ripe for debate on the issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 05, 2010 (boomark / email).