Among the estimated 80,000 citizens who attended last Saturday’s Massachusetts Freedom Rally on Boston Common was Libertarian Party presidential candidate Harry Browne. The Freedom Rally is an annual event sponsored by MASSCANN/NORML, the Massachusetts affiliate of NORML, to protest against laws which treat responsible marijuana smokers as criminals.
Browne addressed the crowd with a passionate call to end the war on drugs.
“The war on drugs is a tragic, flawed failure,” Browne said. “It is not the government’s business to tell people what they should or should not put in their bodies. If elected president, I would pardon every non-violent federal drug prisoner to make room for the murderers, rapists and child molesters who get out of prison early on plea bargains and early release.”
Browne has previously indicated his support for legalizing marijuana, challenging a prohibitionist party line.
“Many of the politicians who say that marijuana is a ‘gateway’ drug apparently smoked marijuana themselves when they were younger,” Browne said. “By their logic, that makes them crack-heads and we should pay no attention to what they say.”
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