Posted on 10/23/2018 5:12:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON – Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he was “wrong” about marijuana when he opposed legalizing the drug while serving in Congress.
Boehner predicted that national cannabis legalization is going to happen in less than five years.
“That sound bite about being ‘unalterably opposed’ to cannabis is almost a decade old. Back then, like a lot of folks, I was getting faulty information,” Boehner said of his 2011 remark during today’s American Cannabis Summit online seminar organized by the National Institute for Cannabis Investors.
“I realized I was wrong and, let me tell you, I’ve been having more and more meetings with my friends and colleagues on the Hill about this – some of the most conservative politicians around and their views are evolving on cannabis, too, just like the American people,” he added.
Boehner told the story of a veteran he met who turned to cannabis for pain relief.
“One of the turning points for me was when I met this Navy SEAL, honorably served our country for 20 years. He suffered horrible concussions and more concussions and after he got out he kept getting serious migraines, he couldn’t see straight, he couldn’t think straight. The VA prescribed him all these hardcore drugs and he tells me I don’t want all these drugs, I’ve got a wife and kids and I want to be a father. So he refused to take his medication; he was just suffering,” Boehner said.
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Who knew?
Does he still have that stoned looking Rastafarian as a Son In Law?
Yeah because we all know inhaling MJ smoke is good for you...
Where there are taxes to be collected -——
Like employers weren’t having a hard enough time finding someone willing to pass a drug test...
At least John isn’t pitching reverse mortgages...yet.
The USA trucking industry is already short over 65,000 drivers & are predicting a shortage of 80,000 soon.
They cannot fill empty jobs because of drugs.
Yeah, like we need the national median IQ to drop any further..
No surprise. A large percentage of his State’s voters are potheads. Ohio is the opioid overdose State.
I can easily pass one. But I’m a white male and not 25, so they ignore me all the time.
[At least John isn’t pitching reverse mortgages...yet.]
Give Boehner time to sober up, first.....
“We will never legalize dope in this country. NEVER!!”
Honestly, when I see or hear of someone who is older than college age and still uses pot, it just seems so immature and pathetic - unless they have a definite medical need.
Boehner, pot man https://t.co/JTrgxGLpU0— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) October 23, 2018
There are three marijuana decriminalization initiatives on our state ballot for November. I am working the polls so had to vote absentee early. I voted no on all three, but all three will pass.
Just another symptom of a crumbling civilization....
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