Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in an appearance on Fox Business Channel with former Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), told audiences that she didn’t support marijuana legalization because “that would just encourage our young people to think that it was OK to go ahead and use it.” Apparently, Palin’s parenting involves a lot of “do as I say, not as I do.”
Palin told the Anchorage Daily News in 2006 that she smoked marijuana when it was legal in Alaska but didn’t enjoy the experience. Her predecessor in the gubernatorial office, Republican Frank Murkowski, inked legislation to recriminalize marijuana possession in the state after more than thirty years.
Palin does not, however, support strong enforcement efforts. She told Fox Business Network viewers yesterday:
“If somebody’s gonna to smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems we have in society.”
The Marijuana Policy Project reports, however, than 89 percent of all marijuana arrests in the state of Alaska are for simple possession.
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H/T Politico
