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Newt Gingrich Supports Heroin

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Well not exactly. He supported a referendum that passed with 58% of the vote that makes heroin possession a misdemeanor. And to think the guy once touted the death penalty for two ounces of pot. The times they are a changin.

http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/05/calif ... ion-of-mos
All in all, the measure received roughly $10.8 million in financial support from groups and individuals of all political and ideological backgrounds, including conservative billionaire B. Wayne Hughes, Jr. and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Opponents of the measure managed to raise only $500,000. Notably, B. Wayne Hughes, Jr. and former drug warrior turned reformer Newt Gingrich co-authored an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times touting the benefits of the measure’s proposed reforms.

Proposition 47 also drew the support of a number of A-list celebrities such as Jay Z, Olivia Wilde, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, John Legend, and others who were featured on the website, artistsfor47.com. For a criminal justice reform initiative, this type of support is truly unprecedented.

It’s hard to believe that this measure passed in the same state in which voters once enacted the nation’s most draconian Three Strikes law just 20 years ago, which required offenders convicted of any third felony offense, including minor drug possession offenses, to be sentenced to life in prison.

The success of this measure indicates that sentencing reform is starting to become palatable to more than just libertarians, but the general public. Criminal justice reform is certainly an issue both Democrats and Republicans agree is going to play a central role in the 2016 presidential election. Let’s hope that what happened in California last night may be replicated elsewhere, either by legislators or voters themselves.
Newt's editorial in the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la ... story.html

I predict the DEA is in for hard times. The Drug War is no longer affordable. Besides. The police are not noted for solving medical problems. Cannabis on the other hand.....
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