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US NV: Marijuana Lobbyist

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Wednesday 22 Jan 2003


Pubdate: Mon, 20 Jan 2003
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal (NV)
p3=Local+News
Copyright: 2003 Reno Gazette-Journal
Contact: Website: http://www.rgj.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/363
Author: Associated Press
Cited: Marijuana Policy Project ( www.mpp.org )
Cited: Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement ( www.nrle.org )
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?162 (Nevadans for Responsible Law
Enforcement)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?163 (Question 9 (NV))

MARIJUANA LOBBYIST

The lobbyist who moved to Nevada to head a losing bid to make it legal to
possess up to three ounces of marijuana has decided to stay.

Billy Rogers said he intends to open a political consulting business in Las
Vegas next month.

Rogers, 40, has been working for the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy
Project, the organization behind the now-defunct Nevadans for Responsible
Law Enforcement.

The Nevada group mounted a $1.8 million drive to pass Question 9 in
November.

The measure failed 61 percent to 39 percent.

Rogers is a Texas native and former Democratic political consultant.

He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he doesn't expect to do any lobbying in
Carson City in the upcoming Nevada legislative session.

He also said he doubts there'll be another drive to legalize marijuana in
Nevada.
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