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TexasTowelie

(116,744 posts)
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 03:27 PM Nov 2017

Gov. candidate wants to legalize recreational pot; says he never tried it

There is no Cheech and Chong moment for Dan Drew.

Not even a Bill Clinton, “I ... didn’t inhale.”

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate said he’s never tried marijuana, but supports legalizing recreational pot in Connecticut and will appear at a Nov. 28 Yale gubernatorial debate sponsored by the state chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws.

The only other notable gubernatorial hopeful to commit to the event, which is also being organized by Students for Sensible Drug Policy, is Connecticut’s former Consumer Protection Commissioner, Jonathan Harris.

“Nobody believes me when I say this, but I have never smoked marijuana,” Drew told Hearst Connecticut Media. “I have never used cannabis in any form.”

The mayor of Middletown, home to Wesleyan University, which is consistently ranked as one of the most liberal campuses in the country, Drew said legalizing recreational marijuana would raise up to $250 million in annual revenue for the cash-strapped state and shift the focus onto opioid abuse.

Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/CT-Politics-Gov-candidate-wants-to-legalize-12372587.php

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Gov. candidate wants to legalize recreational pot; says he never tried it (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2017 OP
i support this as well, and also have never used it. unblock Nov 2017 #1
I have never tried pot, but I support it's legalization for recreational use. AJT Nov 2017 #2
I never tried pot either... TexasTowelie Nov 2017 #3
I've never used it either, but fully support legalization. NutmegYankee Dec 2017 #4

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1. i support this as well, and also have never used it.
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 03:38 PM
Nov 2017

my neurologist even signed me up for medical marijuana, but i never filled out the paperwork.

i would try it if it ever were to become legal at the federal level.

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