HOUSTON -- A Republican group will hold its inaugural meeting Saturday in Houston as it tries to convince GOP leaders that the legalization of marijuana is a conservative stance, not just a left-wing liberal idea. You have the right to control yourself. And to me thats what Republicans stand for,” said Ann Lee, founder of RAMP – Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition. The drug war goes against every principle we have of smaller government, fiscal responsibility and less intrusion in your private life. A lifelong Republican, Lee says her original belief in pot as “the devil’s weed” began to change when her son Richard suffered a devastating injury. A workplace accident left him a paraplegic. Suffering from constant nerve pain he says marijuana proved the only effective means of pain management. He moved to California where he could receive medicinal marijuana and has since become a well-known marijuana activist in Oakland. And he said marijuana is good for me. And that was a sea change for us,” said Lee. khou/news/texas-news/Pro-pot-Republicans-meet-this-weekend-in-Houston-250390801.html
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:36:48 +0000
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