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Libertarian Running To Make Marijuana Legal
Posted by FoM on June 13, 2001 at 19:52:56 PT
By Christina Nuckols, The Virginian-Pilot
Source: Virginian-Pilot
Last year, 53 Virginians voted to send a ficus tree to Congress. This year's candidate from the floral kingdom is an outlaw, so it's using a human stand-in. Gary A. Reams, a member of the Libertarian Party of Virginia, says a vote for him is a vote for marijuana. Reams wants to legalize the drug. Because Virginia does not allow citizen groups to place referendums on the ballot, he is running for lieutenant governor in what he calls a ``reeferendum.''
``This campaign is about ending pot prohibition,'' Reams said in a news conference at the state Capitol on Tuesday. ``When they vote for me, it is not a vote for Gary Reams the person.''Reams' crusade is unrelated to last year's Ficus 2000 for Congress movement, started by filmmaker Michael Moore to poke fun at politicians across the country who were running unopposed. The tongue-in-cheek campaign generated 53 votes for a ficus tree in a write-in campaign against Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte, R-6th District. Unlike the ficus tree, Reams hopes to have his name on the ballot in November. He said he filed 19,000 signatures with the State Board of Elections. State officials will review the petitions to ensure that they include at least 10,000 valid signatures before placing him on the ballot. Reams is a resident of Fairfax County and a director of quality for a telecommunications firm. Virginia Libertarians also have nominated William Redpath as their gubernatorial candidate. Newshawk: Nicholas Thimmesch II NORML Media & Communications Source: Virginian-Pilot (VA) Author: Christina Nuckols, The Virginian-PilotPublished: June 13, 2001 Copyright: 2000, The Virginian-Pilot Contact: letters pilotonline.com Website: http://www.pilotonline.com The Libertarian Partyhttp://www.lp.org/CannabisNews Articles - Libertarian http://cannabisnews.com/thcgi/search.pl?K=libertarian
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Comment #1 posted by Sam on June 14, 2001 at 17:31:42 PT
I also agree that Marijuana should be legalised.
It is up to the individual to decide if they want to use the substance.    Thankyou.
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