Friday, March 30, 2007

Barr shifts in support of medical marijuana | ajc.com

CONGRESSMAN DOES ABOUT-FACE ON POT
A former Republican congressman and anti-drug crusader, has become a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project. Once termed "the worst drug warrior" on Capitol Hill by the Libertarian Party, Georgia's Bob Barr joined the Libertarians last year because, he said, of the GOP's move "toward big government and disregard toward privacy and civil liberties. Barr's move puts him in the unusual position of lobbying to overturn a law he sponsored.
(ATLANTA JOURNAL)