Recently,\u00a0 The Late Show <\/i>host Stephen Colbert interviewed Ohio Governor and GOP presidential candidate John Kasich about \u00a0a new initiative to legalize pot in Ohio that ultimately failed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know this is a dirty word when you\u2019re running in the Republican primary, but you seem reasonable,\u201d Colbert said .<\/p>\n
Colbert then asked\u00a0 Kasich about the failed marijuana initiative, noting that the governor campaigned against\u00a0full legalization,\u00a0 but allowed flexibility for medical marijuana if doctors call for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a huge drug crisis in this country,\u201d Kasich\u00a0explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it really pot, the drug crisis?\u201d Colbert interrupted. \u201cLots of people are going to jail for minor drug infractions, and it ruins their entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t do that in Ohio, ok?\u201d Kasich said, adding that he doesn’t want to see minor drug offenders going to jail.<\/p>\n
Later in the interview,\u00a0 Kasich admitted to Colbert that he had smoked pot when he was younger.\u00a0 Colbert noted that, had Kasich been caught, he would have never been able to become governor due to having a criminal record.<\/p>\n
To learn more, check out this story<\/a>\u00a0at rawstory.com.
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