Freshman Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's name has come up as a possible Democratic VP candidate.
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"The time has come to stop locking up people for mere possession and use of marijuana," he writes. "It makes far more sense to take the money that would be saved by such a policy and use it for enforcement of gang-related activities."
"stop locking up people for mere possession and use of marijuana" - Sen. Jim Webb
James "Jim" Webb is the Junior Senator for the state of Virginia. He is a Democrat and was first elected in 2006.
Webb, who took office in 2007, criticizes the drug war and prison-industrial complex:
"Either we are home to the most evil population on earth, or we are locking up a lot of people who really don't need to be in jail, for actions that other countries seem to handle in more constructive ways."
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