Tancredo sets sights on drug legalization

June 16, 2009

Face the State Staff Report

Former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo's 2008 presidential bid was an admitted opportunity to speak against current immigration policy. And while immigration reform remains in Tancredo's sights, his new policy stomping ground may come as a surprise: marijuana legalization.

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Since retiring from Congress in 2008, Tancredo has founded the Rocky Mountain Foundation, a non-profit think tank with policy centers and scholars in three primary areas: Immigration and customs reform, energy policy, and the Center for Individual Liberty, focused on marijuana legalization and the failed "war on drugs". In a speech earlier this year, Tancredo says the issue may be seen as "political suicide," but he nonetheless believes it is time for a change in drug policy.

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Here is my response to Tancredo, who I support.

Before Obama, I, A spiritual Conservative cared about this. Now, drug legalization, is a distant concern. I have long known the hypocrisy of alcohol vs. marijuana. In my opinion alcohol is a much greater destroyer than marijuana would ever be, yet society has long been encouraged to drive to bars, get monkey drunk, then return to their abodes in ...their cars. Alcohol creates a mindset of violence that has devastated our women and children and fathers, yet no one cares about stopping its death march on our people. Marijuana on the other hand is the lesser of the two evils. People don't tend to drive or fight under its influence, as my observation of this has proven. Drive drunk, spend 48 hrs in jail. Get caught with pot, and you punishment will be greater than some murderers. Who are we kidding here. How bout some reality folks. Chris Rock got it right in his analysis of this conundrum ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKu3MyghoAI ). I caution the language is very foul. End hypocrisy.

J. Mark Underwood.

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