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Pot Legalizer Wins $25 Million LOTTO Jackpot

Bob Erb has been buying lottery tickets for 43 years, and his persistence finally paid off.

Matt Welch | 11.13.2012 11:59 AM

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From the Edmonton Journal:

Bob Erb has been buying lottery tickets for 43 years, and his persistence finally paid off.

On November 9th, the Terrace, British Columbia resident discovered that he held a winning ticket that split the $50 million jackpot from the November 2 draw. […]

Before he was a lottery winner, Erb might have been better-known to the Terrace community for his campaigns to legalize and decriminalize marijuana. He ran for the B.C. Marijuana Party in 2001.

Link via the Twitter feed of Colby Cosh.

On a related note, in a HuffPost Live discussion about SuperPACs this morning, I floated the idea of a SuperPotPAC to topple horrid D.A.s and fund legalization initiatives. Watch below:

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

PoliticsPolicyCivil LibertiesWar on DrugsMarijuanaCanadaCampaign FinanceElection 2012Drugs
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