Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Posted by:
Kevin McCullough
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10:00 AM
The Politico reports that the former Congressman is famous for authoring an amendment to prevent medical marijuana use is now taking money to argue for the other side. AND he's also attempting to end a youth based anti-drug program.
Ironically, Barr said he will help lead the fight to give District residents a say on whether to allow medical marijuana — the very thing the “Barr Amendment” denied them in 1998. He will lobby for the rights of states to set their own medical marijuana policy without federal interference.
The four-term former Republican congressman will also work to unplug a youth anti-drug campaign which a recent study showed actually increased the likelihood that all teens would smoke pot.
“A lot of conservatives have expressed great concern over the taxpayer money that is being wasted on this poorly run advertising campaign,” said Barr, who left Congress in 2003.
Houston said the project is a non-profit that seeks protections for medical marijuana patients and caregivers and advocates no jail time for marijuana use. Barr said there might be “legitimate medical uses of marijuana and we ought not have this knee-jerk reaction against it, and people ought to be allowed to explore.”
I personally don't think you have to advocate for marijuana use in order to pose against Government intrusion.
Weird...