SEATTLE - Two Washington state businessmen who say they're trying to create the first national brand of marijuana are getting some heartfelt support from the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox.
Fox appeared at a news conference Thursday in Seattle, where he recounted how the war on drugs has ravaged his country and praised the states of Washington and Colorado for voting to legalize the recreational use of marijuana last fall.
At the news conference, former Microsoft manager Jamen Shively discussed his plans to launch a new marijuana brand named for his great-great grandfather, Diego Pellicer. He says his company is joining forces with a Washington state chain of medical marijuana dispensaries run by John Davis as well as dispensaries in Colorado and California.
Fox said he's not involved in the venture, but he praised them for having "the courage to move ahead."