Rick Steves Isn't 'Pro-Pot,' but He Wants Marijuana Legalized in Massachusetts
A long conversation with the renowned travel guide on his campaign to legalize marijuana.
Rick Steves is better known to living rooms across the United States for his tranquil guides to Europe. However, in his free time from his professional job, Steves has another passionate pursuit: Legalizing marijuana.
The 60-year-old travel writer, TV personality—and occasional pot smoker—has been a longtime advocate of drug policy reform in the United States, to the chagrin of some of his show’s viewers.
Having just returned this week from traversing Italy, Paris, and the Alps, Steves is touring Massachusetts in support of the state’s referendum, Question 4, to legalize recreational marijuana.
Still jet-lagged (though not visibly so) from his flight back across the Atlantic, Steves took the time to explain his commitment to passing legal marijuana in Massachusetts (and Maine) this year, which includes a $100,000 matching donation to the Yes on 4 campaign.
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