Cannabis Culture's editor recently wrote this piece. It is very good. Here is the URL http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4890.html Here is some of the article: For the Presidency of the United States of America by Marc Emery, Publisher, Cannabis Culture Magazine, Congress Watch (07 Feb, 2007) An extraordinary and rare opportunity to have both a Democratic Party and Republican Party ticket all advocates of drug-law reform can get behind. Two outstanding Congressmen from the House of Representatives are seeking the nomination of their parties for the Presidency of the United States in the November 2008 election. Ron Paul, a family physician representing the Gulf Coast region of Texas around Galveston, is seeking the Republican nomination. Ron Paul was rated by Cannabis Culture Magazine as the #1 Congressman of the last decade, far and away the #1 Republican in the House of Representatives, and the highest score of all 435 Members of the House of Representatives in Cannabis Culture’s Survey of the 109th Congress. Ron Paul voted against The Patriot Act, the Iraq War, every aspect of the Drug War. Ron Paul was one of only 5 Members of the House who voted against re-authorizing the budget of the Drug Czar John Walters office (ONDCP). Ron Paul co-sponsors many, many bills each year whose intent is to repeal the drug war, repeal the intrusions of Big Brother. Ron Paul is incorruptible. He votes against any and all expansion of government authority. Ron Paul is a libertarian Republican who constantly enrages the GOP (Grand Old Party – The Republicans) because he actually believes in a small federal government and sound fiscal policies.He’s anti-death penalty, anti-drug laws, anti-police state, anti-Patriot Act and anti-anything that’s not authorized by the Constitution. I admire him for his “principled anti-war stance,” while pro-abortion voters don’t need to worry about the obstetrician/gynecologist’s strong pro-life stance — he knows the federal government has no right to get involved in such stuff. He sounds like a great candidate to me!!!!
Hell yes!! The good thing about him is that he is gaining support. If it continues at this rate, he might be able to win. He recently delivered this statement on the House floor: It's a bad idea. There's no need for it. There's great danger in doing it . America is against it, and Congress should be. The United Nations is against it. The Russians, the Chinese, the Indians, and the Pakistanis are against it. The whole world is against it. Our allies are against it. Our enemies are against it. The Arabs are against it. The Europeans are against it. The Muslims are against it. We don't need to do this. The threat is overblown. The plan is an hysterical reaction to a problem that does not yet exist. Hysteria is never a good basis for foreign policy. Don't we ever learn? Have we already forgotten Iraq? The plan defies common sense. If it's carried out, the Middle East, and possibly the world, will explode. Oil will soar to over $100 a barrel, and gasoline will be over $5 a gallon. Despite what some think, it won't serve the interests of Israel. Besides – it's illegal. It's unconstitutional. And you have no moral authority to do it. We don't need it. We don't want it. So, Mr. President, don't do it. Don't bomb Iran! He is the most principled member of that gang of 435. If you see a vote that goes something like this: 434-1, chances are that one is Ron Paul.
This guy won't even make it to the primary election, and the articl even seems to imply this. This article isn't very insightful either. It assumes that Hillary Clinton is against drug law reform because she hold's one of New York's seats in the Senate, but she's not even originally from New York; she relocated to there to get elected. I'm not trying to say that her position on drugs isn't aligned with the status quo. Rather, I am just pointing out the article's inductive reasoning. Overall, the president's position on drugs is probably insignificant in respect to domestic policy. Instead, remember to write your local congressperson about why drugs are good.
