Fresh off the heels of the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in San Francisco that featured long-time California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher calling for an end to cannabis prohibition and declaring federal medical marijuana prosecutions illegal, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference (OMMBC) on March 15-16 will feature a keynote address by Gary Johnson, a former 2-term governor of New Mexico. While cannabis legalization is often seen as a liberal policy most often associated with Democrats, it’s very notable that both Rohrabacher and Johnson were elected Republicans.
Johnson, a self-made millionaire business man rose up the political ranks in New Mexico after creating a successful construction business that started as as a one-man venture that grew into one of the state’s largest construction companies. As a dark horse candidate that stressed fiscal responsibility and personal liberty, he left office with balanced budgets and thousands of more jobs created. During his second term, Johnson became much more vocal about the need for marijuana law reform and civil liberties issues became a foundation of his eventual campaigns for president, both as a Republican and then as the Libertarian Party nominee.
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