Marcus Stanley Barbara Boxer: Marcus Stanley Brings Pot to Senate

Marcus Stanley, senior aide to Senator Barbara Boxer, was arrested Tuesday as he tried to get marijuana inside the Hart Senate Office building. Stanley serves as a senior economic adviser to Boxer.

Barbara Boxer

According to Babs, Stanley submitted his resignation immediately. He has been employed on Captiol Hill since 2007 and his salary is reportedly "in the 6 figures."

According to The San Francisco Chronicle, U.S. Capitol Police stopped the 43-year-old aide Tuesday morning after he allegedly tried to "remove and conceal" a leafy green substance from his pocket as he was entering the Hart Office Building.

Unfortunately for Stanley, who had worked for Boxer since 2009, the substance tested positive for a chemical compound in marijuana, reports The San Francisco Chronicle.

Senator Boxer is opposing Proposition 19 in California which will legalize pot and tax it. Stanley is the fourth Capitol Hill aide arrested this year.

James Ready is Barney Franks partner: James Ready Barney Frank Relationship: Barney Frank Marijuana Legislation

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MASS) and his partner James Ready have been in an intimate relationship since 2007. It was disclosed today that Frank was present when Ready was arrested for growing marijuana on his [Ready] property.

Barney Frank

This story is in the news today because Rep. Frank supports the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Frank and Ready met in 2005. Ready's partner was ill at the time. When his partner died in 2007, he and Frank began "dating."

Barney was visiting Ready's home in Maine after their relationship began. Frank was sitting on Ready's front porch when the police happened by. They found pot growing on the side of the house, or in the backyard (out of Barney's site). Later the police came to the door and arrested James Ready. He paid a civil fine and remaining charges were dropped in 2008.

In July 2009, Barney Frank introduced legislation to "strengthen legal protections for state-authorized medical marijuana patients." Eight of the co-sponsors are Democrats with one, Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican representative of California joining.

I'll surprise more than a few of my friends by saying that I also support marijuana for legitimate medical use - and no, I do not know how to define what "legitimate medical use." This is not the post to get into the details of marijuana and cancer or marijuana and multiple sclorosis, but I will say, until recently, I have not considered marijuana and its deriviates as a possible source to stop or diminish tumor growth, until this.

In the video below, listen as the interviewer from FOX25 "offends" Rep. Frank. I am absolutely loathe to agree with with man about anything, but here I am doing so - at least in theory.







 Barney Frank - James Ready Relationship