The World's Most Pot-Friendly CEOs

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http://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-most-pot-friendly-ceos-2013-4


Peter Lewis, left, and his son

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Probably the most outspoken of them is Progressive Corporation's longtime CEO and now Chairman Peter Lewis. In a 1995 profile on him in Fortune, someone close to him said that "he is a functioning pothead."

Lewis writes, in an editorial for Forbes:
My story is fairly simple. I grew up after college in a world where social drinking was the norm but marijuana was hidden. When I was 39 I tried marijuana for the first time. I found it to be better than scotch. But it wasn’t until I had serious medical problems that I realized how important marijuana could be.

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Virgin Richard Branson is another high profile supporter of legalization, recently writing on LinkedIn that his biggest wish for 2013 is that the world will make progress on ending the war on drugs.

Branson writes:
Millions of otherwise productive lives are wasted in jail for marijuana possession and other nonviolent drug violations. California alone could raise an estimated US $1.4B in annual revenue if it taxed and regulated the sale of marijuana – so imagine the revenue that is keeping the underworld in business.


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[ms liberty]

1. Off to the Greatest Page! n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. rec!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. DU Rec.

[James48]

4. Richard Branson....

I think Richard is principally interested in figuring out how to be the guy who profits from the first legalization push.

He says California could raise 1.4 billion in tax revenues if it was brought into the legal world.

Just think what the profit margin is on something like that.

You can bet Richard has already been thinking about it.

[judesedit]

5. Not to mention cheaper, cleaner, renewable fuel, durable clothing, quality paper products, etc. etc

Wake up, people. It's the petroleum, cotton and lumber companies that want to keep hemp/marijuana illegal. Hopefully, our majority is finally waking up and we can get progressing in this decrepit country.

[felix_numinous]

6. K&R