Meet The Retired Police Detective Fighting For Legalized Marijuana

Howard “Cowboy” Wooldridge is hard to miss. In the middle of a New Hampshire snowstorm the day before the state’s primary vote, Wooldridge could be found at various presidential candidates’ events wearing a big belt buckle and a cowboy hat.

But possibly the most interesting part of his getup was his shirt.

The belt buckle, he explained, was from when he rode a horse by himself across the United States. And the cowboy hat? Aside from proclaiming his Texas roots, he said it helps him stand out among the thousands of lobbyists in Washington, DC.

Wooldridge is the co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of current and former law enforcement officials arguing marijuana should be legalized.

Wooldridge, who goes by Cannabis Cop on Twitter, is a retired police detective from Fort Worth, Texas. At a Ted Cruz event in Manchester, New Hampshire last week, I followed the directions...

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