Former Congressman Bob Barr who has been becoming more and more
libertarian as time goes on has finally taken the plunge and abandoned
his long time support for the war on Americans who choose to use
recreational drugs. This article from The Politico tells the story.

Bob Barr, who as a Georgia
congressman authored a successful amendment that blocked D.C. from
implementing a medical marijuana initiative, has switched sides and
become a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project.

But that doesn?t mean he has become a bong-ripping hippie. He isn?t pro-drug, he said, just against government intrusion.

?I, over the years, have taken a very strong stand on drug issues,
but in light of the tremendous growth of government power since 9/11,
it has forced me and other conservatives to go back and take a renewed
look at how big and powerful we want the government to be in people?s
lives,? Barr said.