Bob Barr's marijuana flip-flop

Bob Barr's reasoning for his change of heart is incredibly stupid. Heres the quote:

I, over the years, have taken a very strong stand on drug issues, but in light of the tremendous growth of government power since 9/11, it has forced me and other conservatives to go back and take a renewed look at how big and powerful we want the government to be in people’s lives,”

So the Government's expanded anti-terror powers going too far is what passes for an argument against marijuana decriminalization? I didn't detect anything said about the merits of drug-policy in his quote. This makes as much sense as someone explaining their position on say... CAFTA as driven by say... their position on the War in Iraq.

Either Bob Barr is lurching closer to the Libertarian Party for his sudden bid for the party's Presidential Nomination, or his sense of his logic is completely amateurish.


A very unimpressive start Im afraid.