CO Pot Legalization Effort Gets Boost from Tom Tancredo
The hard-right pol supports it, while the Democratic governor opposes the measure
Tom Tancredo is many things to many people: a conservative firebrand, staunch anti-immigration activist, a 2010 Colorado gubernatorial candidate, a former Republican congressman, but last week he took on another provocative title -- marijuana legalization advocate.
Tancredo, a surprising ally of the progressive movement to legalize marijuana, wrote a column for The Gazette on the "pro" side of a marijuana legalization debate. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers served as the "con" point of view for the piece.
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Why is this surprising? Outside of his immigration stand Tancredo was generally pretty libertarian by Congress' standards.