The Marijuana Lobby: All Grown Up
By: Rob Reuteman,|Special to CNBC.com
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President Obama, for instance, supports the concept of medical marijuana.
The current environment may be as good as it gets for the marijuana movement.
That may explain why "Esquire" Magazine made marijuana lobbyist number seven in its list of ten New Jobs For Men 2010: “As pot reform becomes a larger part of the national debate, these are the people at the forefront of the movement to de-stigmatize the drug. Just like other lobbyists, they glad-hand with politicians and policy wonks..."
“I have meetings at the Capitol. I had a meeting at the White House a couple weeks ago," says Houston.
The new Norml—so to speak.
The pro-pot lobby is basically like any other: PACs and big-name contributors, and meetings at The Capitol, even the White House. It's the new Norml, so to speak. And the new message? It's the economy, dude.
