From Eric Dondero:

He's been in the Virginia Assembly since 1980. He's a die-in-the-wool old time Ronald Reagan Republican. His district, Gloucester, and the lower Coastal Peninsula, is small town America. But State Assemblyman Harvey Morgan believes lessening rules and restrictions on cultivation and the use of marijuana is entirely consistent with his rural Virginia roots.

From the Daily Press, Columnist Tamara Dietrich:

Harvey Morgan’s marijuana bills are a deep breath of fresh air.

This Gloucester Republican submitted two bills in Richmond that would drop the penalty for possession of less than an ounce of weed from a criminal misdemeanor and a month in jail to a $500 civil fine, and also allow broader use of medical marijuana.

I’d ask what that man has been smoking, but I’m too tickled to poke too much fun... I can say unequivocally that Del. Morgan has outstripped most of his colleagues in the state House in both courage and common sense.

it’s un-American for my fellow citizens to be imprisoned for choosing a drug that is less potent and was unfairly illegalized by a mixed-up Congress in the first place...

You’d think that here in Libertarian, leave-me-alone-dammit Virginia, Morgan’s bills would sail through. But even he knows they’re a tough sell. He’s tried before.

He’s up against “Reefer Madness” fear-mongers who believe the hopped-up stereotypes, like marijuana is a gateway drug.

Actually, folks, beer is a gateway drug. But just try taking Bubba’s Bud away, and you’ll feel the full brunt of his Libertarian wrath.

So good luck, Harvey.

Note - Ms. Dietrich urges her readers to write letters to their delegates in support of Assmb. Morgan's legislation. Delegate contact information can be found off the Virginia General Assembly homepage.