Bob Barr Flip-Flops on Pot

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Bob Barr Flip-Flops on Pot

By: Chris Frates
March 28, 2007 04:52 PM EST


Bob Barr, who as a Georgia congressman authored a successful amendment that blocked D.C. from implementing a medical marijuana initiative, has switched sides and become a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project.

But that doesn’t mean he has become a bong-ripping hippie. He isn’t pro-drug, he said, just against government intrusion.

“I, over the years, have taken a very strong stand on drug issues, but in light of the tremendous growth of government power since 9/11, it has forced me and other conservatives to go back and take a renewed look at how big and powerful we want the government to be in people’s lives,” Barr said.

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About friggin' time. What took you so long Bob? I always thought that your stance on marijuana was inconsistent with your libertarian leanings on other issues such as gun control.

[SteppingRazor]

1. Adoption of drug prohibition is just the faustian deal that libertarian politicians make...

to be part of the GOP.

[SteveM]

2. Prohibition is a drinking binge: Lotsa headaches afterward.

The main reason Barr supported the WOD earlier is that it served as a fast, cheap way to elect a lot of loud-mouthed right-wing extremists in countless numbers around the nation. The WOD also served as a blueprint for domestic social control, now sanctified by Patriot Acts I and II.