Every underdog candidate for office looks for a way to make a splash with an unusual move that gets everyone repeating your name, if only for a moment.
Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson is sticking up for marijuana after 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney last week said smoking the drug “makes people stupid.”
A Liberal candidate in B.C. who suggested marijuana is harmless to children and reduces domestic violence quit the race on Thursday, creating a distraction for Justin Trudeau as he visited the province to promise money for transit projects and a ban on oil tankers off the northern coast.
Marijuana activist Jodie Emery says her bid to become a Liberal MP has ended with the party’s rejection Friday of her bid for the nomination in Vancouver East.
Democratic congressman and San Diego mayoral candidate was the featured speaker at a medical marijuana rally and march that took place in Ocean Beach on Monday, December 26.
Presidential hopeful Gary Johnson knows his support for legalizing marijuana will be used against him by opponents of his quest for the GOP presidential nomination. The libertarian-leaning former Governor of New Mexico will announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on April 21st in New Hampshire.
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