NADER SLAMS WAR ON DRUGS, CALLS FOR LEGALIZATION OF POT

Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader on Friday advocated the legalization of marijuana as part of an overhaul of the nation's "self-defeating and antiquated drug laws." Nader joined with New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, a Republican, in criticizing the nation's "war on drugs" as a failed policy for fighting drug use. "Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem," Nader said at a news conference where he was flanked by the GOP governor.