tammanytiger commented on the blog post Seattle Mayor McGinn: It’s Time for this State to Legalize Marijuana
Coors and Anheuser-Busch aren’t PhRMA members. The beer lobby is nasty.
Big Beer* contributed to the “no” side in California’s legalization referendum in 2010. To their credit, the state’s microbreweries stayed out of the fight.
* Which, by the way, has been a big supporter of Sanctum Santorum throughout his political career. Check out the Mother Jones article about it: http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/santorum-under-influence-beer-lobby