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Carlos Santana Urges Barack Obama To Legalise Cannabis

by _Smyle | April 5, 2009 at 08:15 am

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Carlos Santana has urged president Obama to legalize marijuana in order to improve and clean the economy. At least, that's what he thinks it'll work for.

The 61-year-old guitar legend believes that by making the drug legal, it could transform the flagging American economy.

He specified money should be addressed to education, and used this subject to take a swipe at California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger:

"Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America."

"I really believe that as soon as we legalize and decriminalize marijuana we can actually afford a really good governor who won't keep taking money away from education and from teachers and send him back to Hollywood where he can do 'D' movies and we can get an 'A' governor."

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Blue Crush

at 09:51 on April 5th, 2009

Well, I don't live there, so I can't judge their governor, but I think it sure would solve some of their money problems.

Pythiian1

at 10:13 on April 5th, 2009

In fact, California is thinking of legalizing it and charge tax, which would solve some of the state's problem, as Blue Crush mentioned above.

bobert shultz (not verified)

at 09:20 on April 8th, 2009

I LOVE MARIJUANA

Brinna

at 10:45 on April 26th, 2009

One simply cannot regulate or moderate what is prohibited. Parents should be screaming FOR legalization, so that sales to minors would be severely restricted, as is the case for alcohol and tobacco.