{"id":773,"date":"2012-09-30T07:31:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T07:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20109"},"modified":"2012-09-30T07:31:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T07:31:24","slug":"rep-barney-frank-says-supports-marijuana-reform-and-personal-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/rep-barney-frank-says-supports-marijuana-reform-and-personal-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Barney Frank Says Supports Marijuana Reform and Personal Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/rep-barney-frank-says-supports-marijuana-reform-and-personal-freedom\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"219\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/barney-frank2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"barney frank\" title=\"barney frank\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20111\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/rep-barney-frank-says-supports-marijuana-reform-and-personal-freedom\/attachment\/barney-frank-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20111\" title=\"barney frank\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/barney-frank2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Longtime supporter of marijuana reform,<a href=\"http:\/\/frank.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Representative Barney Frank<\/a>, recently told<a href=\"www.cnn.com\" target=\"_blank\"> CNN<\/a> that he supports marijuana reform and believes in &#8220;personal freedom&#8221;.\u00a0 When talking to <a href=\"http:\/\/outfront.blogs.cnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Burnett<\/a> about individual freedom, Congressman Frank said\u00a0 &#8220;I think is a great hypocrisy.\u00a0 I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness you have among younger people who are told they shouldn\u2019t do this because it\u2019s got all these negative effects, but then older people are engaging in all kinds of things that have a greater impact on people.&#8221;\u00a0 Mr. Frank also said he ate a marijuana brownie that made him &#8220;sleepy&#8221;.\u00a0 The congressman said he prefers a cigar instead.\u00a0 While he does\u00a0 not smoke marijuana much or gamble, but that others do and it is their right to do so and it should not be the government&#8217;s priority to regulate these behaviors.\u00a0 Barney Frank is also an outspoken supporter of same sex marriage and was wed to his partner, James Ready, in July of 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outfront.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/26\/rep-barney-frank-on-marijuana-reform-i-believe-in-personal-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/outfront.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/26\/rep-barney-frank-on-marijuana-reform-i-believe-in-personal-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this and clip of the interview click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"219\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/barney-frank2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"barney frank\" title=\"barney frank\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20111\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/rep-barney-frank-says-supports-marijuana-reform-and-personal-freedom\/attachment\/barney-frank-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20111\" title=\"barney frank\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/barney-frank2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Longtime supporter of marijuana reform,<a href=\"http:\/\/frank.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Representative Barney Frank<\/a>, recently told<a href=\"www.cnn.com\" target=\"_blank\"> CNN<\/a> that he supports marijuana reform and believes in &#8220;personal freedom&#8221;.\u00a0 When talking to <a href=\"http:\/\/outfront.blogs.cnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Burnett<\/a> about individual freedom, Congressman Frank said\u00a0 &#8220;I think is a great hypocrisy.\u00a0 I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness you have among younger people who are told they shouldn\u2019t do this because it\u2019s got all these negative effects, but then older people are engaging in all kinds of things that have a greater impact on people.&#8221;\u00a0 Mr. Frank also said he ate a marijuana brownie that made him &#8220;sleepy&#8221;.\u00a0 The congressman said he prefers a cigar instead.\u00a0 While he does\u00a0 not smoke marijuana much or gamble, but that others do and it is their right to do so and it should not be the government&#8217;s priority to regulate these behaviors.\u00a0 Barney Frank is also an outspoken supporter of same sex marriage and was wed to his partner, James Ready, in July of 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outfront.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/26\/rep-barney-frank-on-marijuana-reform-i-believe-in-personal-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/outfront.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/26\/rep-barney-frank-on-marijuana-reform-i-believe-in-personal-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this and clip of the interview click 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