The Baltimore Sun reported this morning that Rep. Andy Harris has become a leader in an effort to have more research done on the medical beneifts of marijuana use.
Two years after Harris put himself in the center of a controversy over legalizing marijuana in the nation’s capital, the conservative Republican is emerging as a leading voice advocating for more research into the drug’s medicinal value.
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Joe Lill says
After decades of tax payer funded research and real data available from the States that already have legalized marijuana, Andy Harris wants to spend more tax dollars that will ultimately come up with the same results as before. No matter what side of the issue one can take on legalization, for, against, or somewhere in between, this further research seems foolhardy and a waste of of tax dollars that can be better utilized somewhere else. Maybe it’s time for Andy to step down.