Carlos Santanta has urged President Barack Obama to legalise cannabis.
The 61-year-old guitar legend believes that by making the drug legal, it could transform the flagging American economy.
Speaking at the promotional launch of his Hard Rock Hotel residency in Las Vegas, Santana used the platform to spread his views on the contentious subject.
According to the Associated Press, he said: "Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
(Legalisation is) really way overdue, like the prohibition with the alcohol and stuff like that.”
Santana even used the opportunity to take a swipe at Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I really believe that as soon as we legalize and decriminalize marijuana we can actually afford a really good governor who won't keep taking money away from education and from teachers and send him back to Hollywood where he can do 'D' movies and we can get an 'A' governor."
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- right on carlos!
- Yeah great idea, invest the money in teachers. To teach who exactly?? The kids who have mashed brains, schizophrenia and a whole host of other mental issues from all the "Legal" weed they have been smoking?? Shut up you wrinkly old cretin and stick to what your good at.
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studies have shown it doesn't lead to shizophrenia, but may bring it on in people that would develop it anyway. but there should be a legal age limit, maybe 18, so that undeveloped minds don't think this guy's shit is the shit
- People would be no more likely to become a long-term cannabis user if the drug was legalised. America has some of the harshest pot laws in the developed world, but is also amongst the highest in terms of consumption levels. Why not get those billions of dollars out of the criminals' hands and back into the economy?
- Joe Haith, wake up. Carlos is a Saint....Hear his words, learn our love, and you will wake up. God Bless you...
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