Rand Paul Goes “One Toke Over the Line” Towards 2016
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) hasn’t come outright and said he will run for president. But if he did, he just let non-violent drug offenders know that change might be coming, if he was elected. When asked on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace how serious he is about running for president, Paul said that U.S. voters “want a little bit difference face.”
“They want — the young people want politicians who don’t want to put them in jail for 20 years for a non-violent drug possession charge,” Paul said (among other issues like a “less aggressive foreign policy”).
Paul also said that if he were to run for president that it would be to win – and not as an education campaign. He said that he wouldn’t openly make the decision to run until 2014.
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I couldn’t resist the song! Appropriate for the Republican Party, right?
Two weeks ago, Sen. Paul advocated for a successful bill in Kentucky–paving the way to legalize and revive the hemp industry.
From Sen. Paul’s Facebook status 2/18/13
We need top-to-bottom government reform, including drug policies that do more harm than good. For example, we need to stop putting people in jail for 20 years for a non-violent drug possession charge.
There are a whole lot of potential voters that can’t vote because they were labeled felons for marijuana. Don’t forget to think about that