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America's favorite hypocrite John Boehner will now lobby for marijuana

April 11, 2018

Now that he’s retired from Congress, former House Speaker John Boehner has decided to channel his inner flip-flopper and lobby for legalized weed. 

Boehner announced his decision Wednesday to join the board of Acreage Holdings, “an investment company with an established footprint in the cannabis industry in the United States.” 

“My thinking on cannabis has evolved,” Boehner said, sans winking emoji, in a tweet.

Boehner said he’d be lobbying to de-schedule the drug so we can “do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities. research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic.” Read more…

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Source: Mashable | America's favorite hypocrite John Boehner will now lobby for marijuana

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