Well, not really. But the former Republican congressman from Georgia has joined the Marijuana Policy Project as a lobbyist, reversing a long career as an anti-drug warrior, according to an article published today in The Politico. Among his top priorities? To lobby for the right of states to set their own policies regarding medical marijuana.

This is significant because it was Barr himself who in 1998 pushed through an amendment that forbade the District from implementing a medical marijuana initiative that had been endorsed by 69 percent of District voters in a citywide referendum. Since then, it seems that Barr has had something of an ideological transformation, leaving behind his Republican ways and aligning with a number of libertarian groups and causes.

Guns and marijuana, but no voting rights. Well, two out of three isn’t bad. At least we could theoretically have a chance at another way to dull the pain of 200 years of disenfranchisment, if Barr’s group gets its way.