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Travel Guru Rick Steves: Smoking Pot Is "My Civil Liberty"
Steves, long an advocate of the legalization of marijuana, tells reporter at Seattle's recent Hempfest he should be able to relax at home with a joint.
Rick Steves has never made a secret. The Edmonds resident, who hosts the PBS travel series Rick Steves' Europe, recently spoke to reason.tv at Seattle's annual Hempfest about his position.
In a video released this week, Steves said:
"I'm a hardworking, tax-paying, kid-raising, church-going citizen of this country, and if I work hard all day long and want to go home and relax with a joint, that is my civil liberty."
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Steves, who last month gave his comments to reason.tv's Nick Gillespie, where he talked about marijuana laws and whether his outspoken defense of legalization has effected his book sales, tour bookings, and television career.
Steves' business, , is located on Fourth Avenue North in Edmonds.
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