Former U.S. drug czar Bennett: Colorado will come to regret legalizing marijuana

Those who oppose the legalization of marijuana are losing the battle, says the nation’s first drug czar, William Bennett, who served in that capacity under President George H.W. Bush and as Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan.

Bennett is now the head of Conservative Leaders for Education, an organization that seeks to ensure conservative values are included in state education policies.

In hitting on the theme of “Making Goodness Fashionable,” Bennett tied both issues together as he addressed the Saturday morning session of the Western Conservative Summit, sponsored by the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University. The three-day Summit concluded Sunday.

Bennett spoke at the American Legislative Exchange Council earlier in the week, as did several other Summit speakers. The Summit, held at the Colorado Convention Center, immediately followed ALEC’s three-day event across the street at the Hyatt Regency Denver, allowing Colorado conservatives to easily migrate from one gathering to the other.

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