Pat Buchanan: Legalization of Marijuana Reveals “Deeply Libertarian Trend” Across the Political Spectrum

Conservative
commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said on
The McLaughlin Group last Saturday that there is a “deeply
libertarian trend” across the American political spectrum. Buchanan
made the comment after being asked if “the era of pot prohibition
is coming to an end.”

Buchanan is not a fan of the legalization of recreational
marijuana in Colorado and Washington, saying that the end of pot
prohibition in the U.S. will lead to “more high school dropouts and
more automobile accidents involving marijuana.”

From
The Daily Caller:

Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan called the legalization of
recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington part of a “deeply
libertarian trend” sweeping through both sides of the American
political spectrum.

Buchanan discussed legalization with John McLaughlin during
Saturday’s “The McLaughlin Group,” with McLaughlin asking whether
“the era of pot prohibition is coming to an end.”

(H/T Charles WT)

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