Drew Carey Defends Medical Marijuana Online

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Carey Defends Medical Marijuana Online
2007-11-01 22:03:36
By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Barker famously closed each episode of "The Price Is Right" with a pitch to spay and neuter pets. His successor is taking a stand on a more controversial subject: marijuana.

Drew Carey won't tout toking up on "Price," but he defends the use of medical marijuana in a video posted online Thursday on Reason.tv.

"Smell that smell," the 49-year-old comedian says as he walks into a Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary. "That's the smell of freedom."

The video is one of 20 Carey will host for the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit educational group whose ideas "some people call libertarian" and whose mission is to "advance freedom," said president David Nott.

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[Trajan]

1. Well ...... Drew is slightly rehabilitated with me with this ....

Thanks Drew .....

[Occulus]

2. What put you off in the first place?

PM me if you don't feel comfortable posting it in this forum- I'm just curious.

[Trajan]

3. Drew Carey ....

is an unabashed GOP/Bush supporter ....

Nuff said ....

[eShirl]

5. he advocates freedom, AND is a Bush supporter?

talk about contradictory positions

[Mojambo]

6. I know he's a Republican

I'm not sure he's a terribly vocal supporter of Bush in particular. At least not recently.

Of course, I could be unaware of some statements he has made.

[tridim]

12. His former Bush support has been more of a tongue-in-cheek joke in the past few years

His "Whose Line" co-stars ridiculed him several times on the show after 2004, his retorts were never psychotic like most rabid Repukes.

[Ian David]

8. You smoke enough pot, and it might make sense. n/t

[Mojambo]

4. It will take good people on both the right and left to overturn our ridiculous drug policy.

Happy to have Mr. Carey on board.

[Ian David]

7. Libertarians are just Republicans who smoke pot. n/t

[MLFerrell]

10. "Libertarians are just Republicans who smoke pot."

Bullshit. You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

[Ian David]

14. Yes, I do. Libertarians are far-right Republican corpro-fascist who pretend to be for "freedom."

Tough shit if you disagree.

Pitch it on LibertarianUnderground.

[High Plains]

11. God, that's a tired and stupid line.

[nashville_brook]

13. that resonates.

[Ian David]

15. That's because you have to be stoned out of your mind to fall for that Libertarian bullshit. n/t

[nashville_brook]

18. teehee -- eggactly.

i have HS friends who "think" they are rrrrrrrrrrradical b/c they think they (wrongly) self-identify as libertarian. they are republicans (from old world repug families) who by virtue of youthful partaking, think they walk the wild side. big ugh.

[yellowcanine]

9. "That's the smell of freedom." Heh. I am sure the 60s hippies would have agreed. Who knew Drew

Carey draws inspiration from the radical 60s?

[proud patriot]

16. Thanks Drew

seems this issue can unite people from both the left and right .

I'm big on states rights because of bush's 2000 selection
and medical pot laws

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. I can respect this.

I've disagreed with some of his views in the past, but I don't mind saying I agree with him on this issue.

[htuttle]

19. I bet all those Sims house parties he's been going to changed his mind...