roger goodman is a lawyer crusading to legalize drugs. my poll numbers shot up afterwards. cultural find. i was fighting for the truth and had the courage to talk about this as a politician. people were saying, you are saying this? i begged me opponents to hit me on the drug issue. it always backfires on them. if they say i raise taxes, that is different and i am vulnerable. but now, i find myself as the chair of the public safety committee in the state house of representatives. which used to have jurisdiction over cannabis. but it is legal now. i don't even have jurisdiction over the substance i helped to legalize.

roger goodman is a lawyer crusading to legalize drugs. my poll numbers shot up afterwards. that was a cultural find. i was fighting for the truth and had the courage to talk about this as a politician. people were saying, you are saying this? i begged me opponents to hit me on the drug issue. it always backfires on them. if they say i raise taxes, that is different and i am vulnerable. but now, i find myself as the chair of the public safety committee in the state house of representatives. which used to have jurisdiction over cannabis. but it is legal now. i don't even have jurisdiction

roger goodman is a lawyer crusading to legalize drugs. my poll numbers shot up afterwards.cultural find. i was fighting for the truth and had the courage to talk about this as a politician. people were saying, you are saying this? i begged me opponents to hit me on the drug issue. it always backfires on them. if they say i raise taxes, that is different and i am vulnerable. but now, i find myself as the chair of the public safety committee in the state house of representatives. which used to have jurisdiction over cannabis. but it is legal now. i don't even have jurisdiction over the substance i helped to legalize. i also practice law and service cannabis businesses in washington state. -- johnn inside view davis is a pioneer. he is talking about the acceptance of the initiative. all the soccer moms and sure to opposed the initiative said, let's do it. they are excepting it and acknowledging it. he even embracing it. despite bumps in the road, we are developing a regular us -- rigorous regulatory system that is going to satisfy public opinion. to answer brian's provocative

roger goodman is a lawyer crusading to legalize drugs. my poll numbers shot up afterwards. cultural find. i was fighting for the truth and had the courage to talk about this as a politician. people were saying, you are saying this? i begged me opponents to hit me on the drug issue. it always backfires on them. if they say i raise taxes, that is different and i am vulnerable. but now, i find myself as the chair of the public safety committee in the state house of representatives. which used to have jurisdiction over cannabis. but it is legal now. i don't even have jurisdiction over the substance i helped to legalize. i also practice law and service cannabis businesses in washington state. -- johnn inside view davis is a pioneer. he is talking about the acceptance of the initiative. all the soccer moms and sure to opposed the initiative said, let's do it. they are excepting it and acknowledging it. he even embracing it. despite bumps in the road, we are developing a regular us -- rigorous regulatory system that is going to satisfy public opinion. to answer brian's provocative

roger goodman is a lawyer crusading to legalize drugs. my poll numbers shot up afterwards.that was a cultural find. i was fighting for the truth and had the courage to talk about this as a politician. people were saying, you are saying this? i begged me opponents to hit me on the drug issue. it always backfires on them. if they say i raise taxes, that is different and i am vulnerable. but now, i find myself as the chair of the public safety committee in the state house of representatives. which used to have jurisdiction over cannabis. but it is legal now. i don't even have jurisdiction over the substance i helped to legalize. i also practice law and service cannabis businesses in washington state. i have an inside view -- john davis is a pioneer. he is talking about the acceptance of the initiative. all the soccer moms and sure to opposed the initiative said, let's do it. they are excepting it and acknowledging it. he even embracing it. despite bumps in the road, we are developing a rigorous regulatory system that is going to satisfy public opinion. to answer brian's provoc

our next speaker from washington state, roger goodman. i got to know him, he is a state representative in washington and i got to know him eight years ago when he was really doing some ground-breaking work with the king county bar association, the attorney association for seattle land young aspiring attorney myself i know they're putting out position papers saying the war on drugs is a failure and we should rethink marijuana policies and did that time it was inspiring to me and i was able to reach out to roger and start to take some similar steps so it is my pleasure to look at roger goodman. >> stand up so i can see you better. a pleasure to be back here in denver. i have worked with brian a dozen years. the time has flown by. getting the professional voice to speak up against the war on drugs in general. look at the ground work we laid.