The context is the liberalization of New York city marijuana laws:'They say politics makes for strange bedfellows, so here's another example.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat and possible 2016 presidential candidate, is getting kudos from Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson for his call to decriminalize open possession of small amounts of marijuana.Cuomo's proposal is a "welcome bit of sanity," says Johnson, a former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico.
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