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Posted on November 2, 2007, 5:32pm | Ted Balaker

Ahh never mind.

Stick with the likes of Ron Paul or Chris Dodd if you're looking for a presidential candidate who wants to liberalize drug policy. Doug Stanhope has pulled out.

But you can still check out the comic's rant on medical marijuana; his rant on freedom is here.

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Drew Carey Defends Medical Marijuana

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“I think it’s clear by now that the federal government needs to reclassify marijuana. People who need it should be able to get it – safely and easily,” says The Price Is Right and Power of 10 host Drew Carey in a new Reason.tv video examining medical marijuana and the war on drugs.

One of the most outrageous consequences of the war on drugs is the federal crackdown on medical marijuana, which is used by patients to help treat the effects of cancer, glaucoma, HIV-AIDS, chronic pain and nausea, and other severe symptoms associated with serious illnesses. Medical marijuana prescribed by a physician is legal in 12 states, yet federal agents are raiding state-approved dispensaries and preventing patients from having safe access to this drug.

In Episode 2 of Reason.tv's Drew Carey Project, Drew takes a look at patients who need and use medical marijuana in California, and how the federal government is making their lives even worse.

Episode 1 of Reason.tv's Drew Carey Project, Gridlock, is here.