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JUNEAU, Alaska – Former U.S. Democratic Senator Mike Gravel, who represented Alaska in the 1970s, said on Wednesday he would head a Nevada company that develops and markets cannabis throat lozenges and other products in states that have taken steps to legalize weed.

Gravel, 84, will run KUSH, a subsidiary of publicly traded Cannabis Sativa Inc, where Gravel previously served nine months on the board of directors, the company said in a statement.

“We need to decriminalize drugs and treat them as a health problem,” Gravel, who lives in California, told Reuters. “You should go see a doctor on the subject, not a sheriff, a police officer or a warden.”

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